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Prioritizing Goals
Sometimes there seem to be so many goals, it is difficult to priorities them and set them in some sort of order. To priorities your goals, you will need to know all the possible areas in which you might want to set goals for. Your discipline (the demands and its structure) more... |
A Revised Model 
Earlier we provided you with an excellent model showing the link between beliefs, thoughts and behavior. At the core of this model is the recognition that our beliefs influence our perceptions, thoughts, feeling’s and performance more... |
Setting Goals
Research shows that performance is linked with goals that are set.
Your goals are your targets or what you intend to achieve and everything indicates that those with clearly thought-out goals achieve much more than those without clear goals with goal setting you can achieve significantly better results by clear goal setters than similar people with vague goals more... |
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Psychology - Mind Over Matter...
Types of Goal 
It is easier to identify SMARTER goals win some situations and more difficult in others. For example, specific, measurable goals are easier to identify when performance can be directly timed(e.g. 200m track sprint). However, with practice and ingenuity you can more....
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Goal Setting and Motivation 
Goal setting can be one of the most important and powerful coaching tools to give cyclists direction and help them to achieve success. Effective goals need to be set in the right way and used regularly at every training and coaching session, as well as for every competition more... |
Psychology - Aims 
To give you a basic underpinning knowledge of sports psychology and teach you to get to know your own body. Set realistic achievable goals but very important they must be set at the right level for you! more...
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Comfort Zones
So far this module has touched upon two important areas of the way our brain works: perception and thoughts. Another area is a person's emotions. No one involved in sport can fail to recognize the role of emotions. No one involved in sport can fail to recognize the role of emotions more.... |
Self Talk 
Let's move on to another important aspect of Sports Psychology, Self-talk. Take a minute or two to think about the following:
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What do you think about when things go wrong?
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What do you say to yourself when presented with a challenge?
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What do you think when something embarrassing happens?
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These 'thoughts can be called our 'self-talk' more...
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