1. Intensity
Chapter 15

2. Scientific Athletic Equation
Athletic Intensety = [Focused Desire/Passion] X [Aggressive Action]
Scientific Athletic Equation

3. Scientific Athletic Equation
Focused desire is passion and the drive to excel
Extremely focused on a goal
Everything they do is for the goal
Scientific Athletic Equation

4. Scientific Athletic Equation
Aggressive Action is how hard the athlete fights for the goal, win, etc…
All the diseases of motivation usually have terrible intensity, except for Pathological Pefectionist
Scientific Athletic Equation

5. Intensity

6. How do you increase your intensity??
Have to love the sport
Have to have the right attitude
Have to be competitive
Have to commit: each season, week, day, practice, game, period, and play
How do you increase your intensity??

7. The book examines two tips of avoid energy and physical fatigue
Tip 1: Shift your focus away from the “feeling” and to the “doing”
Fatigue, muscle burning, injury
Tip 2: Self talk – Positive thoughts, motivation
In the Game

8. In Training You play the way you practice
Set goals and be intrinsically motivated
Be competitive with teammates or self. Turn drills into games or contests
Golf – chipping drills
Multisport athletes
In Training