SUCCESSPHOBIA distractive mental state that s a combo of other mental states Is the coaches WORST NIGHTMARE can never be depended on and is very inconsistent obsessed with WINNING and FEAR OF LOSING attach PERSONAL psychological meaning to performance don t like any attention drawn to them and worry what others thing Other oriented Examples 1 think a lot about REPUTATION of opponent They think about how good the opposing team is and think about defeat before it has happened 2 use opponents prestige as an excuse of own performance 3 fear of having to reproduce a previous performance 4 fear of living up to teammates level of play Success to normal athlete opportunity to showcase skill and get recognition True athletes can accept success and everything with it press fame etc Success to successphobic feel responsible to event have huge weight on their shoulders hate living up to pressure feel like they will let others down STORY Dad always takes kid to play tennis and then buys him slurpee after While they drink slurpees he always corrects him One day the little boy beats the dad and the dad gets mad and goes straight home with no slurpee and wont talk to the boy College came and the boy went as far from home as he could The coach there always corrected him reminding him of his dad The first game came and his Dad flew in When the match started the boy looked up at his dad laid down his racket and walked off the court to PAY BACK HIS DAD FOR ALL THE RIDICULE AND STICK IT TO HIM Dr Brown will NEVER swim because people potty in it PSYCHE OUT another distractive mental state ex in swimming a girl spit in the lane throwing at batter in baseball ice kicker in football are EXPECTED and UNEXPECTED can be non verbal ex throw at hitter can come from fans chants and uniforms purpose is to get you mad by getting in your head and taking you out of your game another goal is to intimidate you if you re the one trying to psyche someone out it can reverse effect take you out of your game What to do if Psyche Outs occur 1 anticipate anything will happen 2 concentrate on what you have to do and what you have control over 3 enjoy it 4 5 don t be intimidate it ll take you out of your game respond intelligently not emotionally show no emotion Distracted Mental States can be in everything not just sports Gifted athlete syndrome if a kid is very gifted at an early age things can go wrong These kids are better than other kids their age They are used to being the best and winning with little effort They take their athletic gift for granted they don t train or workout Curse of the gifted athlete they don t develop a hard work ethic at a young age No pride in the process of training They live in the present Ex Shannon very bright girl Goes to UVA Starts to get C letter grades in college and she always got A letter grades in high school She doesn t know how to study She never developed the process Hard work ethic Ronnie was smallest person in her class Started kindergarten at age of 4 She was very feisty and had a lot of heart Always trained very hard At age 12 she started to beat players who were always better that her when she was younger She always trained and worked very hard Stinking Thinking don t put yourself down All about negative thinking Erode performance Get rid of negative thoughts Ex Jimmy Connors 1 and a half hours on the court lots of effort The underdog In sport if you have a physical disadvantage you have to be more mentally prepared How you face a challenge Prepare mentally by not focusing on winning or losing Don t dwell on strengths of opponents reinforces self doubt Focus on your own strengths but don t dwell on own weakness Watch video of peak performance and opponents play poorly Have a positive outlook Don t go in with a defeated attitude Overachiever Practices harder than everyone Gets there early and stays there longer As parent this is best you ll be Breaks coaches hearts Underachiever Never lives up to potential Don t believe in themselves They need to believe in themselves All about believing Ex Swim teams goes from division L to A and doesn t want to be in A chance to see where you stand TRAINING STRESS PROCESS A Positive response to stress Training gain B Negative response to stress Lag in training gain Get little out of training goes in slump overtraining staleness critical to catch athletes and make corrections in training early If you don t the athlete will force the issue and over train and this is hard to recover from important to stop the slum and get athlete back to positive training 4 causes 1 Physical process 2 Technical change in performance 3 Equipment slight change has profound impact 4 Psychological performance and peers and components Juan Dickson new shoes bad performance switched back t old shoes played well OVERLOAD TRAINING through practice EVERY DAY you develop muscle memory practice is critical constant repetition of your sport allows you to do things NATURALLY ULTIMATIC in competition ex final play of basketball game you know what to do in a play cause your muscles have practiced so much ex pitching and amount of force behind a golf put OVER TRAINING you over train your muscle so much your at a higher risk for injury experience METABOLIC issues inadequate energy sources make you feel exhausted get diminishing returns from what you put in don t feel good about results mood disturbances decreased motivation lowered immune system get sick easier P 25 COURSE PACKET MEASURE MOOD John Silva studies burnouts at UNC Tries to help athletes get more gains from training strategy to fall asleep is to watch a movie in your head athletes usually have amazing visual skills ex Don Mattingley and Ted Williams BURNOUT a reaction to chronic stress usually involved with something an athlete loved occurs when you cant save the athlete from over training leads to withdrawal from sports Trying too hard can hinder performance You don t want to overkill too much effort during play is associated with poor performance 1 2 working hard is good but trying too hard is bad 3 don t want to overpush because muscles become tense and your body doesn t move freely trying too hard is going backwards it never works trying hard is good initially but once 4 5 CHOKING disease of me and is self induced Performing poorly in critical situations because you let your mental state slip Thoughts Is not terminal Is UNIVERSAL it happens to everyone cause physical changes Freeze up at critical times Can