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The monkey is still going nuts but is a little calmer now
It is your job now to calm it further
It might be useful to use some helpful words or pictures to get you in the mood to perform
How to develop a pre-performance routine
Most athletes have routines
Routines vary in length from short and simple to long and complex
The shorter the time it takes to complete a routine the better the performance
Your routine should feel comfortable
Develop a competition plan
Develop cue words
Develop cue pictures
Help focus concentration
Help mental preparation for an upcoming performance
Help go from thinking about irrelevant things to performance focus things.
Reduce distractions and help focus both internally and externally
Help control your monkey brain
The Athletic brain, is one which combines three key areas.
The Computer - Parietal Lobe
The Human- Frontal Lobe
The Monkey brain - Limbic System
These brains all frequently work together, however often they come into conflict. The monkey brain nearly always wins.
Pictures can also programme your performance
They Help maintain focus
They build confidence
They help overcome nerves.
We all talk to ourselves, every minute of every day.
What we say can have an influence on our focus and performance
Words can help to pre-programme a performance or influence the monkey brain before or after it takes charge.
Words are simple, convenient and can be used anywhere.
This is directly before you perform
Final confidence giving words
Final images, it might be useful here to imagine yourself wearing the medal, coming first or a cheering crowd
Words
Pictures
Words
The monkey brain is going ballistic
The aim here is to begin to calm the monkey brain
Cue words and pictures to calm the brain are useful
It might be useful here to imagine your perfect performance
This is after your performance it can go one of two ways
The monkey brain is calm
Your pleased with your results
If you have to perform again you may want to use words and pictures to get yourself ready to perform
Monkey brain is going ballistic again
You may have to go back and perform
It may be useful to have some words and pictures to regain calm of the monkey brain
Your feedback would be gratefully received
Jessica Ennis-Hill injured her ankle weeks before the 2008 olympics
She had to relearn how to take off the long jump on the other foot
How could we use the performance routine stages to help Jessica with this enormous task
From your performance take 3 positives and 1 thing to work on
mattcunliffe_sportpsychologist@hotmail.co.uk
www.sportpsychologykent.co.uk