FUN: If you are enjoying yourself, you are not only more likely to be present in the moment, but you also won’t be as distracted by the challenges associated with your performance, such as the pressure, pain, or even failures along the way. Suddenly you will feel fortunate for the experience, rather than dwelling on the cost of extreme sacrifice.
“In today’s world, we don’t always feel the need to write things down. With information so accessible to us, we allow things to come and go with the assumption they will always be there for us to find again should we need them. The coaches and athletes who achieve greatness, however, stay true to their pen and paper: practices scribbled down in a hieroglyphic of X’s, O’s, and dotted lines; game notes taken on the bench; reflections written after a performance; and goals inked down and referenced. In fact, as I was digging through my old notes in the process of writing this book, I came across a list of goals I had written in high school. Number one on the list was to write a book…”
In my last post a few months ago, I addressed the importance of mental health for athletes. At the time, going back to grad school to study mental health counseling was on the top of my to do list. Since then I have started my first semester at Northwestern University and am super excited to say that I will eventually be able to provide not just performance based skills but mental health support to athletes when I am done in a few years. In addition to becoming a graduate student again, there’s been a lot of other things in the works this summer. It’s certainly been a busy few months with a lot of reading, writing, and learning (and some self care mixed in) and I am excited to share more with you all soon 🙌🏻📚🧠
Allain Mental Performance 