3 most important approaches to controlling your performance: 1)Changing what you believe about yourself. 2)Changing what you expect in performance. 3)Understanding how your thoughts can enhance or interfere with your performance. PERFORMANCE=POTENTIAL-INTERFERENCE

Self-Efficacy is the level of your expected success of executing skills in a certain situation. Self-confidence in situation specific athletic performances. (Belief in own ability) Meet challenges head on with positive mindset. Athletes improve to meet each challenge. (Athletes are made in the off season)

1)Increase motivation: competition is a challenge leading to feelings of increased motivation. 2)Focused commitment to work harder. (extra time, game like practices, energy, one game at a time) 3)Ability to look at errors as teaching tools. (Experience=Learn from mistakes. Been there, done that.) *EXPECT SUCCESS!!!!!

BELIEVE THE BEST. DO THE BEST. BE THE BEST!

1)Positive Self-Expectancy 2)Positive Affirmations 3)Positive Self-Talk.

1)Mentally review successful performances. 2)Remind yourself regularly of goals YOU personally want. 3)Give yourself permission to perform. Let it (peak performance) happen. When the time comes to perform, the time to prepare is over. 4) Focus energy on what is controllable. Expect to succeed!

Positive Affirmations confirm confidence. 1) “I am” statements, goal setting, awards/newspaper clippings, and personal mural to affirm previous successes and predict future successes. (Symbols of success) 2) The more they are used the better we are. 3) Principle of Dominant Thought=What you believe, you are! 4) Expect success where you’ve had it before.

1) Positive self-talk links self-efficacy, self-expectancy, and affirmations together. 2) Athlete must locate and repeat positive ideas. 3) Self-talk is most beneficial before competition to program your expectation for success. 4) What do you want to feed the critic in your head? 5) Routinely practice visualization cues or triggers.

Write 5-10 positive affirmations for each of the four areas of your personal life: Athletics, Academics, Personal and 1 other category of your choice. The positive affirmations should include a description of who you are AND what you want to accomplish in each area.

ATHLETICS 1. I have been a Defensive Coordinator for 10 years and I do a great job. 2. I out work my opponent every week. 3. I am always well prepared and will invest whatever time is necessary to have my team prepared to play every week. 4. No matter how tired I am, I will always coach with energy, excitement, and passion. 5. I will always learn all I can about football and improve at my job. 6. My defense will always compete by playing fast and nasty against every opponent. 7. Every year the goal is to have my defense be in the top 5 of the state statistically. 8. I will do whatever it takes for us to accomplish our game goals every week. 9. I will study film every night and seek to find an advantage on my opponent. 10. We will strive to be the region and state champs every by playing great defense.

Lab assignment: Build a 4 page Personal Mural with pictures and sayings/quotes all about you. This is a tribute to YOU! The mural should be a visual reminder of who you are, what you have accomplished AND what you still want to accomplish in the areas of athletics, academics, personal, and 1 other random category of your choice. 1 page should be dedicated to each area of your life. Take your positive affirmations and build a picture display out of it.