1. 10 TIPS TO KEEP YOUR PLAYERS COMPETING WHEN FACED WITH ADVERSITY
“LIFE IS 10% WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, AND 90% HOW YOU REACT TO IT”
CHARLES SWINDOLL

3. THE KEY TO HELPING YOUR PLAYERS CONTINUE TO COMPETE WHEN FACED WITH ADVERSITY IS TO MENTALLY MOVE THEM FROM FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEM TO FOCUSING ON THE SOLUTION

4. VIEW ADVERSITY AS TEMPORARY, LOCALIZED AND CORRECTABLE
MENTALLY TOUGH PLAYERS BELIEVE THAT THEIR SCORING HAS BEEN OFF LATELY BUT THEY ARE DUE FOR THE NEXT GAME (TEMPORARY), THEY HAVE STRUGGLED ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE AIMING THEIR SHOTS TOO MUCH (LOCALIZED), AND IF THEY JUST GET PUCKS TO THE NET THEY WILL GET BACK ON TRACK (CORRECTABLE).

5. VIEW ADVERSITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY OR CHALLENGE
FRAME IT AS POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY OR CHALLENGE , RATHER THAT NEGATIVE THREAT
GREAT PLAYERS CREATE CHALLENGES OUT OF ADVERSITY INSTEAD OF BEING THREATENED BY IT

7. CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES
FOCUS ON THAT WHICH YOU CAN CONTROL – NAMELY THEIR REACTIONS, FOCUS, CONFIDENCE AND ATTITUDE
ALLOWS THEM TO STAY CALM AS THEY FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO OVERCOME THE ADVERSITY
CAUSE OF ADVERSITY USUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE PLAYERS CONTROL ANYWAY

9. TAKE IT ONE AT A TIME
PLAY IN THE PRESENT MOMENT (LET GO THE PAST, NO WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE)
KEEPS GAME MORE MANAGEABLE FOR YOUR PLAYERS
CAN’T CHANGE THE PAST, CAN ALWAYS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRESENT

10. PERSIST
TYPICALLY, LOSERS DIDN’T KNOW HOW CLOSE THEY WERE TO SUCCESS WHEN THEY GAVE UP
GIVING UP IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM AND GIVES YOUR PLAYERS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL

12. TRY SMARTER INSTEAD OF ALWAYS TRYING HARDER
WHEN STRUGGLING, GET THEM TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND ASSESS THEIR APPROACH
BY ANALYZING THE SITUATION, THIS LEADS TO DISCOVERY OF AN EASIER OR MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THINGS
GET THEM TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO A SMARTER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL STRATEGY AND THEY WILL LEARN TO MONITOR AND CORRECT THEMSELVES

13. BE PATIENT AND TRUST YOUR PLAN
TOO MANY PLAYERS SECOND GUESS THEMSELVES FOLLOWING ADVERSITY RATHER THAN CHOOSING TO BE PATIENT AND TRUSTING THEIR PLAN WHEN IT IS THE CORRECT ONE

14. USE THE ANGER/FRUSTRATION TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
ENCOURAGE YOU PLAYERS TO USE THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSITY BY CHANNELING IT TO MOTIVATE AND FOCUS THEM EVEN MORE
TOO MANY PLAYERS TURN THE ANGER INWARDS TO DESTROY THEMSELVES RATHER THAN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT

16. ENDURE IT TOGETHER
REMIND YOUR TEAM THAT ENDURING THE ADVERSITY TOGETHER WILL DIVIDE THE PROBLEM AND MULTIPLY YOUR RESOURCES, ULTIMATELY MAKING YOU A STRONGER TEAM

17. LEARN LESSONS FROM MISTAKES
RATHER THAN DWELLING ON MISTAKES AND PROBLEMS, HELP YOUR PLAYERS TRANSFORM THEM INTO FUTURE SUCCESSES BY LEARNING LESSONS FROM THEM
“FAILURE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN AGAIN MORE INTELLIGENTLY”
HENRY FORD

18. FACING ADVERSITY