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Terracing Psychological, Sociological and Physiological Skills Over a Sport Season.

(One Day Seminar or Three Sessions)

What BUSINESS are we in? Using Canada’s Sport 4 Life as a spring board we will explore developmental assets in children and youth, principles of growth and development for any age, the coach as an influencer and why our focus should be directed to skill acquisition in B.R.A.C.E.S (Balance, Reaction Time, Agility, Coordination, Explosive Power and Speed) and F.E.S.C. (Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Muscular Strength and Cardiovascular Fitness). Why are we so afraid to modify our game? Time is our enemy if we focus on outcomes. When we focus on process, results (outcomes) take care of themselves.
Terracing / Scaffolding Mental Skills Across the Season. What are the mental skills? Coaches are teachers. Kids are NOT little adults. Activation or deactivation: resilience is at the centre of it all. Teachable moments! WE HAVE 100 “TOUCH POINTS PER SEASON… WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THEM?
Champions are Different.Principles of Achievers. Why Buddhism matters (No, I am not trying to convert anyone). B.F. Skinner, George Gemer, Carol Dweck and Albert Ellis have a lot to say about what we do.
Being F.I.R.S.T. to get to First – Focusing: F.I.R.S.T. is an anagram for Focusing, Imagery, Relaxation, Self-talk and Training, the five key elements of a balanced mental skills program. This session will focus in focusing. Generating intentionality in the athlete performance cycle – practice, pre-game, game and post-game. What is it to have RAPT attention (ESCAPA). Fundamental rule – focus on what you can control. Focus is mostly about refocus and re-frame. Visual cues will be introduced. Carol Dweck will offer us lots of direction. Martin Seligman will also help us with his research on optimists and pessimists.
Getting to F.I.R.S.T. – Imagery:Activating the player in practice, pre-game, game and post-game. What role might goals play? Ryan Walter will help here. You are what you see will be explored. Using visual cues will be developed. Using visualization through skills, techniques, tactics and as a performer will be expanded. Jim Loehr will help us with his info on Mental Toughness.
Getting to F.I.R.S.T. – Relaxation:Generating composure in practice, pre-game, game and post game. Breathing, physical cues and our ability to “manage” our chemistry will be explored.
Getting to F.I.R.S.T. – Self-talk: Managing internal dialogue through practice, pre-game, game and post-game. Language is generative as we become what we speak. Optimism, pessimism will be revisited. Helping kids live a “huge” life will be explored. Patch Adams will help us here as will Norman Cousins.

Presentations / Educational Programs / Motivational Programs

Champions are Different

1,000,000 Touches

Life is Hard; Get a Helmet

Mental Skills across the Seasonal Plan

Intention and Vigilance

Championship Goal Setting

Using F.I.R.S.T. (Focusing, Imagery, Relaxation, Self-talk and Training to Manage the Athlete Performance Cycle – Practice, Pre-Game, Game and Post-Game)

There are NO Dysfunctional Behaviors

Managing Challenging Behavior

Managing Change

Behaviorism in Everyday Life

Activating the IDEAL PERFORMANCE STATE

Stress and Burnout in Human Service Personnel

Managing Change

The Athlete Performance Cycle: Practice – Pre-Game, Game and Post Game

The Janus Face: Negotiating Adult Development – Life Ages and Stages

NOW- No Opportunity Wasted – Living in the Present – Presentation and 52 cards

Psychology of Performance Seasonal Planning – 100 psych moments.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

Mental Skills across the Seasonal Plan

Mental skills, like physical skills require practice. Using the seasonal plan mental skills are loaded (volume) at the front end of the season and practiced with greater emphasis across the season (intensity). Moving into the “peaking period” the athlete sill have developed a set of mental skills to use in the peak performance competitions. Emphasis is given to developing mental skills in “being” champions, developing skills, developing self-discipline, activating the team values through play, developing skills in focusing, visualization, self-talk and relaxation, applying focusing, imagery, self-talk and relaxation across the athlete performance cycle (practice, pre-competition, competition and post-competition), managing anxiety, and activating the performer (utilizing arousal for flow and to create the ideal performance state.

Champions are Different

Basic Premise of human performance:

Athletes are people first; they are citizens who play sports.

Through teaching the skills of good citizenry, we can develop the skills of achievers.

FIRST Place for human performance does not build champions; FIRST Place for human performance builds skills for individuals to pursue championship goals.

Life is Hard: Get a Helmet

This second program introduces athletes to the basic tenet…

It takes 10 years or ten thousand (10,000) hours to master anything.

Getting to F.I.R.S.T.: Using F.I.R.S.T. to manage the athletes performance cycle.

The third program provides athletes with methods for using F.I.R.S.T: Focusing, Imagery, Relaxation, Self-talk and Training. Athletes are then instructed in how to use F.I.R.S.T. in practice, pre-game, game and post-game situations.

Intention and Vigilance

The fourth program uses the participants F.I.R.S.T. profile to establish more effective ways to be intentional and master self-evaluation (vigilance).

Championship Goal Setting

The fifth program explores the physiological, psychological and sociological pyramid and enables the participant to establish personal goals that foster his / her pursuit of his / her B-HAG.

The Athlete Performance Cycle: Practice, Pre-Game, Game and Post-Game

The sixth program helps the participant establish effective ways to employ F.I.R.S.T. across all dimensions of the athlete performance cycle.

Managing Change

The seventh program accepts the tenet that everything changes and ends. Through this tenet we explore the difficulties that accompany “good” and “bad” change in our lives.

The Ideal Performance State

The eighth program assists athletes in using F.I.R.S.T. to generate / create flow in the ideal performance state.

NOW

The ninth program explores the myriad ways in which one may generate intention in the present.