The performance mindset : 7 steps to success to sport and life / Anthony J. Klarica.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klarica, Anthony J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athletes--Psychology.

Athletes.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Resilience (Personality trait).

Motivation (Psychology).

Success--Psychological aspects.

Success.

Sports--Psychological aspects.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2022]

Summary:

Build your resilience -- Step 3 Sharpen your focus -- Self-talk: you are what you think -- 'The little voice' -- Technical, tactical and emotional self-talk -- Positive, negative or neutral and curious self-talk -- Mantras -- Internal or external focus -- Narrow or broad: switching focus -- Getting in the zone or flow -- Self-regulation -- Distractions -- Secondary errors -- Being in the present -- Attention to detail -- Focus on what you can control -- Visual and physical cues -- Body language -- Use of time -- Chunking and race plans -- The Tan -- Adopting and adapting a plan -- Routines and clarity -- Summary -- Build your focus -- Step 4 Champion your leadership -- Diamonds: leadership by example -- Influence -- The what and the how of leadership -- Leading self -- Leading culture -- Leading others -- Leading situations -- Leading structure and systems -- Leadership growth -- Formal and informal leadership -- Leadership density -- Leadership groups -- Captain class -- Leadership qualities -- Contributor -- Sport integrity -- Team and others focus -- Communication -- Determination -- Composure -- Positive performer -- Self-belief -- Summary -- Build your leadership -- Step 5 Foster your culture -- Culture in practice -- Thinking, decisions and behaviour -- High-performance environments -- Individual athlete and coach influence on culture -- Cultural consistency -- Psychological safety -- Learn and grow -- Emotional intelligence -- Relationships and communication -- Mastery climate -- The New Zealand All Blacks -- Building culture -- Terminology and engagement -- Clear values and behaviours described -- Support people and performance -- Leaders live, model and drive culture -- Coaching, celebrating and accountability -- Display and share -- Integrate into processes -- Monitoring and evolving culture with data and measurement.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the author

Acknowledgements

Preface

IntroductionMade not born

Laying a mindset foundation

Early success does not guarantee future success

The mindset to keep going

Attitude nurtures talent

You grow in the direction of your focus

Is talent overrated?

Assessing mindset variables

Enjoyment matters

How much practice?

Many different paths

Patience and persistence

Early bolters and late bloomers

Reasons for leaving

Tough transition

McDonald's to Olympics

Maintaining discipline

Environments that help performance

Talent doesn't coach you

Summary

Step 1 Harness your motivation

The seven summits

Action ignites motivation

Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers

Multiple motivators

Competence, autonomy and relatedness

Engagement

Choices and sacrifices

No one is superhuman

Goal setting

The art of goal setting

Owning goals

Creative goals - '34 by 34'

Benchmarking

Expectation and motivation

Rewards and positive feedback

Self-positivity and celebration

Motivational dynamics

Environment and culture

Task and ego

Managing motivational challenges

Passion, meaning and purpose

Build your motivation

Step 2 Boost your resilience

Mat's mantra: Always keep riding

Aim to be resilient

Break it down into smaller parts

Ride the roller-coaster with multiple resilience strategies

Resilience grows with an open mind

A learning approach to building resilience

Keep going: injuries, disappointments and setbacks

Learning to lose

Life challenges

Explanatory style

Optimism helps resilience

Reflecting, reviewing, debriefing and feedback

Team resilience

Navigating transition and other vulnerable times

Adaptive perfectionism and flexibility.

Summary

Build your resilience

Step 3 Sharpen your focus

Self-talk: you are what you think

'The little voice'

Technical, tactical and emotional self-talk

Positive, negative or neutral and curious self-talk

Mantras

Internal or external focus

Narrow or broad: switching focus

Getting in the zone or flow

Self-regulation

Distractions

Secondary errors

Being in the present

Attention to detail

Focus on what you can control

Visual and physical cues

Body language

Use of time

Chunking and race plans

The Tan

Adopting and adapting a plan

Routines and clarity

Build your focus

Step 4 Champion your leadership

Diamonds: leadership by example

Influence

The what and the how of leadership

Leading self

Leading culture

Leading others

Leading situations

Leading structure and systems

Leadership growth

Formal and informal leadership

Leadership density

Leadership groups

Captain class

Leadership qualities

Contributor

Sport integrity

Team and others focus

Communication

Determination

Composure

Positive performer

Self-belief

Build your leadership

Step 5 Foster your culture

Culture in practice

Thinking, decisions and behaviour

High-performance environments

Individual athlete and coach influence on culture

Cultural consistency

Psychological safety

Learn and grow

Emotional intelligence

Relationships and communication

Mastery climate

The New Zealand All Blacks

Building culture

Terminology and engagement

Clear values and behaviours described

Support people and performance

Leaders live, model and drive culture

Coaching, celebrating and accountability

Display and share

Integrate into processes

Monitoring and evolving culture with data and measurement.

Values congruency

Diversity

Challenges to culture

Physical environment, geography or size

Change

Competitive-collaborative balance

Intensity-enjoyment balance

Building a good culture is hard

keeping a good culture is harder

Step 6 Protect your wellbeing

No one is immune

Find the positive

Person first, athlete second

Athlete-centred environments

Look beyond the behaviour

Wellbeing and mental health

Destigmatising wellbeing and mental health

Incidence of wellbeing and mental health concerns in sport

Prevention is better than cure

Self-appreciation, self-permission, self-acceptance and self-compassion

Gratitude and kindness

Journaling

Sport relationship and identity

Taking action

Help-seeking

The journey and narrative

Recovery, rest and sleep

Cognitive behaviour therapy and thinking traps

Environment, thinking and doing

Mindfulness and ACT

Diaphragmatic breathing

Supports and mentors

Wellbeing programs and data

Wellbeing checklist

Build your wellbeing

Step 7 Execute your performance

Behind the scenes in Rome

Psychological characteristics and personality

Mental skills of high performers

Individual mindset plans

Lifestyle

Performance platform

Confidence and competence

Imagery and visualisation

Mental skills programs

Mental skills for juniors

Learn competitiveness

Maximising effort: intrinsic and extrinsic strategies

Clutch and flow

Set up for sub-two-hour marathon speed

Create and execute a simple plan

Great performances

Embracing new situations and challenges

Meaning contributes to performance

Strengths win battles

Managing performance anxiety and nerves

Managing nerves through reframing

Taking control of nerves

Optimism and positivity.

Many paths to high performance

Build your performance

Conclusion

References

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Klarica, Anthony J. The Performance Mindset

ISBN:

9780730394815

0730394816

9780730394822

0730394824

OCLC:

1329000968