Lack of moral strength and lack of confidence in their abilities do not allow to succeed in sports. Five simple tips from a professional sports psychologist on how to believe in yourself.
Accept pain, not like suffering
In any sport it is impossible to reach a new level without physical pain, professional athletes simply do not notice the pain, ignore it. A not very experienced sports lover can not ignore the pain, on the contrary, he must feel it and accept it. Pain is not suffering or punishment, it is a natural continuation of the training process that testifies to success and progress.
If you run a kilometer in eight minutes, but in the conditions of a new challenge, the same kilometer must be overcome in six minutes, the first thing you think you can not do it physically. Then you will begin to make sure that you need to do it, fight doubts and create a panic in yourself. Doubt is as much a natural part of training as pain. Even professional athletes periodically reassess their long-term goals, while continuing to move forward.
Remove restrictions that have been imposed
These are limitations due to self-doubt when you tell yourself that you can not run the entire program or run the entire distance.
Constant struggle with doubt causes self-doubt and his abilities, people set themselves limits, and then can not overcome them.
To be able, not to be able and to think that you can not – these are different things, in any case it is better not to think, but to act. You should not focus on your doubts, but on the process of moving to the goal, you can not control the future achievement of the result or the failure of the mission, but you can focus on what really depends on you. You might not succeed, but you should definitely try.
Say that you do not owe anyone anything
As soon as you say or think that you need to do something, you immediately feel tense and full of doubts, start an inner struggle. The nervous state reduces the concentration of attention, which reduces sports performance. A sense of duty is not something that will require you to jog or exercise at any time of the year or in any other weather. This is a bad motivation, a good motivation will be the real pleasure of the training process.
Focus on the process
Excessive aspiration to the result leads to constant anxiety, you worry about the time you will pass the distance, and eventually you do not situate yourself at the right time precisely because of anxiety. You do not need to try to put yourself in the frame, focus on the process, but make maximum efforts. This tactic allows you to succeed, even if this time you do not get to the goal, the process will bring pleasure.
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