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LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM

Join Brett Manning for Session 3 of the LERT Mental Performance & Life Skills Training Program. This session focuses on enhancing your focus, establishing routines, cultivating self-discipline, and taking responsibility. Learn what it means to be present, develop strategies to improve your focus, and address distractions. Explore the role of routines in maintaining consistency and comfort in competition and daily life. Gain insights into self-discipline and personal accountability while engaging in practical activities. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your mental game!

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LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM

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  1. LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM Brett Manning

  2. 15 Seconds of Focus

  3. Session 3 • Topics: • Focus Enhancement • Routines • Self-Discipline • Taking Responsibility

  4. Focus Enhancement • Goal: Create clear lines of communication in your mind

  5. Focus Enhancement • What does being focused actually mean? • In the present moment • Not thinking about the future or the past • “Be Here,Now” • High awareness… • Of the competition environment • Of your own emotions • Of small details • Of your movements

  6. Focus Enhancement • Ways to raise your focus level: • Become in tune with your breath • Determine the exact task at hand (simplify the process) • Integrate all of your senses • Pay more attention to sounds, touch, smells, seeing small details • Train your mind to have a high level of focus outside of sport PROCESS FOCUS details

  7. Focus Enhancement • What things can hinder your focus level? • Teammates/Competitors • Coach • Officials • Fans • Pain • Failure • Success • Level of tiredness • Emotions • General Life

  8. Focus Enhancement • Focus Breaks • Cannot focus 100% of the time • Develop a “Focus Tool” to help you get into high focus mode • Examples: • Que word(s)- “Be Here Now”; “Go Time” • Circle of focus • Quirks- Clap hands, etc,

  9. Focus Enhancement 4 Questions From the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI) (Smith et al., 1994). Scale: 0- Almost Never 1- Sometimes 2- Often 3- Almost Always I handle unexpected situations in my sport very well. When I am playing sports, I can focus my attention and block out distractions. It is easy for me to keep distracting thoughts form interfering with something I am watching or listening to. It is easy for me to direct my attention and focus on a single object or person.

  10. Focus Enhancement • Application Activity: 100 Numbers

  11. Focus Enhancement • Simple • Clear • Task at Hand • Aware of surroundings • Able to Predict • In Control • Attention to detail

  12. Routines

  13. Routines

  14. Routines • Why are routines important? • Improve consistency • Increase comfort • Ease anxiety • Types: • Daily • Pre-Practice/Competition • Pre-Race/Training Run • Post-Race/Training Run • Post-Practice/Competition

  15. Routines • Application Activity • Create & define your competition day mental routines

  16. Self-Discipline • What is it? • Giving up something today to gain something even better in the future • Examples…?

  17. Self-Discipline • Role Play Exercise: • Partner up and pretend that you are 40 years old and don’t have very good self- discipline. • Answer these questions: • What kind of job do you have? • What do your kids think/act like? • What does you husband or wife think of you?

  18. Taking Responsibility • Is it easier to take responsibility or make an excuse? • Who is in charge of your behaviors? • Who is in charge of your success or failure? • Who is in charge of making a change in your performance?

  19. Taking Responsibility • Write down one way that you can take more responsibility for your behavior in the following 5 areas: • School • Home Life • Ski/Snowboard Racing • Other Sport or Activity • Friends/Social Life

  20. Next Session • Monday, February 17 • Topics: • Visualization • Breathing & Relaxation • Communication Skills

  21. Application Assignment • Finish your Routines Worksheet & bring it to next session

  22. Stay Connected • Resources to Keep Learning About The Mental Game: • Website: www.lertmentalskillstraining.weebly.com • Email: bcmperforance@gmail.com • 1:1 Consultation Questions?

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