Then you most probably have a specialist technical coach, a strength and conditioning coach, a physiotherapist, a bio-mechanic and probably even a media manager.
All these professionals are specialists in their chosen field, working with you to make you the best professional athlete they can.
The question is - in today’s high stakes, high demand competitive sporting world Is this enough?We think probably Not!
Traditionally the one thing many athletes and coaches neglect to add into their carefully constructed team is a specialist whose unique role it is to develop behavioural and mental sustainability.
A Mind Coach is a professional who’s unique skill set is in the effective structuring of an athletes cognitive and emotional management. This highly skilled cognitive coach assists athletes to manage their emotions, build confidence, dissipate their fears and performance anxieties.
And with careful and tailored structuring of the athletes internal and external processing system the athlete can maximise on their uninhibited physical talent.
As an athlete your natural ability will get you so far in your professional career, the difference however between the many great physical athletes out there and a sustainable champion is the efficiencies in their mental game.
Ask any real champion and they will tell you they put as much time and effort in to their mental preparation as they did their physical training.
Mind coaches are not restricted to ‘traditional or restrictive’ practices and utilise the techniques of neural sciences such as,
- Performance Psychology,
- NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
- CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)
- Hypnosis
The Smart Mind Institute™ is the #1 Sports Mind Coach specialists working with professional athletes and sporting organisations to not only improve teams and individual athletes performance but also developing and refine the structure and philosophy of sporting organisations across all sports and across the globe.
Dave Diggle Sports Mind Coach
As a professional Sports Mind and Performance Coach I have coached some world class elite athletes:
And remember:- .. Amateurs practice until they get it right Champions train until they can't get it wrong! ............................................................................................Duane Alley