About this episode

Coach Tim & Coach Donald introduce a four-part sports psychology mini-series focusing on Mental Skills Training.

Summary: Coach Tim & Coach Donald introduce a four-part, sports psychology mini-series, and begin with a discussion on Mental Skills Training. Noteworthy Moments/Quotes: 0:01 - The coaches kick off the episode with a Facebook Marketplace Gear Grind 2:50 - Coach Donald highlights Summer Trackside, and chats about the first few days of the program 6:50 - The coaches provide an overview of Sports Psychology, discuss the role it plays in training and competition and break down the individual components of Mental Skills Training 16:30 - might be a good clip about time management?? 19:48 - Coach Tim explores some common myths surrounding Mental Skills Training 22:30 - perhaps another good clip about elite athletes maybe or maybe not being fundamentally better at MST 25:30 - good clip about how MST can elevate an athletes performance in higher-level competition 27:40 - Coach Tim breaks down four main topics of Mental Skills Training, and starts off with goal setting 30:00 - (maybe?)good clip explaining process goals versus outcome goals 37:12 - Coach Tim moves on to the second main topic, Attention Control 37:30 - (maybe?) not to overdo the funny bits at the expense of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Coach Tim, Coach Donald

Topics covered

• Mental Skills Training
• Sports Psychology
• Goal Setting
• Attention Control
• Imagery & Visualization

Keywords

• sports psychology
• mental skills
• goal setting
• attention control
• imagery
• visualization
• athlete performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facebook Marketplace, Summer Trackside

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