[USA Futsal & D1 Soccer] Embracing The Pressure Strategies with Martha Lord

About this episode

Martha Lord discusses mental strategies for athletes to embrace pressure and perform effectively.

Pressure isn’t the problem, it’s how you EMBRACE it. In this episode, we sit down with Martha Lord, a standout D1 soccer player at Stonehill College and a USA Futsal national athlete, to break down the mental strategies that help athletes thrive under pressure. Drawing from both her personal experience and the scientific research, we explore four key components to performing when it counts: confidence, focus, self-mattering, and cognitive-behavioral strategies. Whether you're stepping into a ...

People in this episode

Host: Charles Armstrong Hicks

Guest: Martha Lord

Topics covered

• mental strategies
• pressure management
• athlete performance
• confidence
• focus
• self-mattering
• cognitive-behavioral strategies

Keywords

• pressure
• athletes
• D1 soccer
• USA Futsal
• mental strategies
• confidence
• focus
• self-mattering
• cognitive-behavioral

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stonehill College, USA Futsal

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