What is Toughness
What is Toughness. Toughness Is Not. A killer Instinct Mean spirited play Ruthless Cold, Hard, or Insensitive. Toughness Is. Flexibility Responsiveness Strength Resilience under pressure. Markers of Toughness. Emotional Flexibility Being able to handle the unexpected
What is Toughness
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Toughness Is Not • A killer Instinct • Mean spirited play • Ruthless • Cold, Hard, or Insensitive
Toughness Is • Flexibility • Responsiveness • Strength • Resilience under pressure
Markers of Toughness • Emotional Flexibility • Being able to handle the unexpected • Ability to summon positive emotions • Inflexible athletes are easily broken
Markers of Toughness • Emotional Responsiveness • Remain alive, engaged, and connected under pressure • To be emotionally unresponsive is to lack toughness
Markers of Toughness • Emotional Strength • Sustain fighting spirit against all odds • The inability to fight emotionally is a sign of lacking toughness
Markers of Toughness • Emotional Resilincy • The ability to take a punch emotionally and bounce back quickly. • Recover from dissapointment • Get back into battle and resume the fight
Toughness Is • The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skills regardless of competitive circumstances.
Toughness • It is learned just like any other skill • It is not genetic • Anyone can learn to get tough
Toughness • Toughness allows you to bring all your talent and skill to life on demand • You may have talent and technique but without toughness you really have neither • Only through toughness can you find your real limits • Many athletes believe they are not talented enough but they are not tough enough