{"id":2050,"date":"2022-11-02T21:52:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2022-11-02T22:09:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:09:00","slug":"developing-a-healthy-sport-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/2022\/11\/02\/developing-a-healthy-sport-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing A Healthy Sport Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A common issue young athlete\u2019s present as an obstacle in their sport performance is dreading  loss. Losses can be a hot point that locks a player into scaling back or limits them from  a growth mindset.  As a player moves up in age in their sport by natural selection they will compete against opponents as accomplished as themselves. In most sports a player that dominates at age ten will be competing against a much deeper field of competition at age  sixteen and above. If a child has a height or physical advantage at age ten that gives him\/her an edge over opponents who haven\u2019t physically developed yet, it will often be a less conspicuous advantage at the age of sixteen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developing a healthy sport mindset involves guiding an athlete past the fear of loss and shifting their attention to growth and long term results. One aspect of this is to find an athlete the client admires and ask them what they know about what work was involved for the athlete to achieve their level of success. Not just the \u201cwins\u201d but the losses and time put into practices, training, and developing their athletic skill. It can be a surprise in these discussions how little information young athlete\u2019s have about the real work, time, effort, energy, commitment, up\u2019s and downs a successful athlete has experienced on their way to success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most athlete\u2019s benefit from an awareness of these ingredients that go into developing a healthy mindset. Athletes who acquire a growth mental mind set recognize that great athlete\u2019s only reach their potential through years of dedicated practice and competitive experience. It isn\u2019t all victories and glories, it is a process of trials, errors, successes along the way.  Athlete\u2019s that invest in a growth mindset become more resilient when facing setbacks which is part of any athlete\u2019s career. When an athlete is disappointed by an result not going as planned that moment can be painful and raise self doubts about their future performances. Having tools to move through mental\/physical setbacks and stay motivated to keep an eye on larger future goals increases the chances of arriving at their goals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quotes from a few athlete\u2019s that embraced a growth mindset:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to learn about losing and having bad races.\u201d\u00a0~Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1 Racing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formula 1 car: Photo credit: Rezk Assaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you are unwilling to leave some place you\u2019ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don\u2019t stand still, leap forward. ~Ronda Rousey, American Professional Wrestler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Female wrestlers: Photo credit: Duren Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits. ~Michael Phelps, Swimming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Competitive swimming: Photo credit: Emily Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather regret the risks that didn\u2019t work out than the chances I didn\u2019t take at all.\u201d ~Simone Biles, Gymnast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gymnastics: Photo credit: Tima Miroshnichenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backwards and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate.\u201d ~Kristi Yamaguchi, Skater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young skaters: Photo credit: Pavel Danilyuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A common issue young athlete\u2019s present as an obstacle in their sport performance is dreading  loss. Losses can be a hot point that locks a player into scaling back or limits them from  a growth mindset.  As a player moves up in age in their sport by natural selection they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[840,844,837,842,838,841,839,843,834,835,836],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-healthy-sport-mindset-2","tag-kristi-yamaguchi-american-ice-skater","tag-lewis-hamilton-formula-1-racing","tag-mental-reset-after-sport-loss-2","tag-michael-phelps-swimming-2","tag-resilience-in-sport-2","tag-ronda-rousey-american-wrestler-2","tag-simone-biles-american-gymnast-2","tag-sportspychology","tag-susan-zaro-sport-counseling-2","tag-susan-zaro-sport-health-counseling-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2058,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions\/2058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanzaro.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}