Use Your Mental Game to Improve Your Athletic Performance

About this episode

Eli Straw discusses how to use mindset techniques to enhance athletic performance.

Learn how you can use your mindset to increase your performance in games. I break down a simple three-part structure you can begin applying today! 🧠 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: If you’re struggling with confidence, anxiety, fear of failure, or overthinking during games—or you’re a parent of an athlete dealing with that—I work 1-on-1 with athletes to help them perform freely and confidently. Learn more about the program and see if it’s a good fit: https://www.successstartsw...

People in this episode

Host: Eli Straw

Topics covered

• mental game
• athletic performance
• mindset
• confidence
• anxiety
• fear of failure
• overthinking

Keywords

• mental performance
• athletes
• coaching
• performance anxiety
• confidence building
• sports psychology
• mental coaching

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