Sports Psychology Football Concentration Laval Liberty High School Coach Doron October 10, 2007

Agenda Homefun Sports Psychology Alphabet Thoughts of the Game Video Continued Homefun Goals (Personal & Team)

Homefun Get organized Binder, separators, pen and paper! In order for you to improve mentally, you will need to work! Hand it in!

Sports Psychology Alphabet On loose leaf put the letter A on top & centred. Write down at least 25 positive sports psychology words On the other side put the letter B on top & centred. Continue with the whole alphabet

Video Clip Positive Video Clip

Goal Setting Process Vs. Outcome Goal ProcessOutcome What it takes to get the outcome Excellent tracking sheets, handing them in, disciplined Winning # of games Winning champion ship

Goal Setting (Outcome) Write down a team goal related to outcome. What is your goal as a team record? Write down a team goal for playoffs Write down a 1-2 personal goals related to outcome.

Goal Setting (Process) Write down what it takes to get to the team’s outcome goal. Ex: As a team everyone show up to practice, avoid lates, poor on tracking sheets. Be disciplined. Write down what it takes to get to your personal process goals. Ex: At least 75% or more overall average; seek extra help, train harder in practice; ask more questions in class, have a controlled aggression.

Interesting Study Measured Effort in a tug of war Pulled at a force of 95% alone… On a team… Pulled at 70% because hoping someone else will pull harder. Don’t be the weakest link!

Excuse Policy “No Excuses”

Thoughts of the Game (+) Impressed with encouragement and positive vibe! On TD against us, no one sitting on the bench However, talk it up (let’s go!), encourage and trust each other… team chant? High fives when crossing path on substitution

Thoughts of the Game (+) Routines… excellent stuff! (pre-game, during the game and after… associated with excellence in sports! The way you rebound back after a TD… you are down such few times. Positive words… are you ready… ready! Ready is a great word!

Thoughts of the Game (+) The feeling of you being ready before the game even started… vs. doubt I also noticed how nice you are to each other.

Thoughts of the Game (-) Lack of discipline - Careful when your emotions control you… think you control your emotions… Talking amongst yourselves…

Improving Self Talk Look how big his arms are (the QB from Terrebonne… He might be big; but we are better. After they scored a TD, overheard talking about how many more points, they need to score to tie the game Talking to the referee Simply put… shut up! Sports is not fair and life isn’t either. Don’t even let this enter your mind! Stop it immediately! (Stop technique).

Online Sports Psychology Coaching Follow the instructions so that we can collaborate and work together Demonstration

Home Fun Skim through the Wheel of Excellence Recopy the diagram in the wheel Have at least 50 positive sports psychology words Make sure you have what is written in the heart of the wheel: belief & commitment