Peak Performance Introducing Nick Bishop What to expect this - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Peak Performance Introducing Nick Bishop

What to expect this evening! ! Elite Athletes Psychological Profile ! The T.E.A.R Cycle ! Our Conditioning ! Our Mind & Our Self Talk ! The Brain ! Affirmations ! Goals ! Getting In The Zone ! Managing Anxiety

Elite Athlete’s Psychological Profile ! Mental Preparation and Readiness ! Concentration at the task in hand Step Change…Modelling ! Self Confidence Excellence! ! High Motivation & Determination ! Ability to handle pressure and anxiety

What is the secret? ! Luck ! Talent ! Genes ! Born with it ! 10,000 hours ! Belief (90%/10%)

The T.E.A.R Cycle Thinking Results Emotions Performance Actions

It starts with our Conditioning POOR PERFORMANCE PEAK PERFORMANCE P Feelings and BAD GOOD Emotions Attitudes POSITIVE NEGATIVE Beliefs HAVE TO WANT TO Conditioning LIMITING ENABLING ? ? YOU!

Cliff Young…An Australian Potato Farmer!

Our Mind PERCEPTIONS Conscious Outcome 1. Storage 2. Association BEHAVIOUR 3. Evaluation 4. Decision Sub Conscious

Self Talk Our Self Talk 70k thoughts per day FEEDS BUILDS Real Performance Self Image (Belief) (The way we Held in our sub behave/act) conscious DETERMINES

The Brain ! Neurons (More than grains of sand on the planet) ! We make pathways (Electro-chemical) ! Same Thought Same Pathway ! Brain Pathways - Same as any other muscle! ! Create your own ‘Success Pathways’

“I am the greatest”

Affirmations ! Powerful Statements ! Doing Words…Finishing…Crossing the line…Setting a PB ! Descriptive ! Present Tense ! Creating pictures ! I AM…All about YOU!! ! Twice daily for 30 days is all that it takes to change your beliefs!!

S.M.A.R.T – Used Properly

Goals & Vision ! Towards & away from motivation ! What can you effect? ! Short Term & Long Term ! Celebrating success ! Friday 5.00pm! ! An athletes Mesocycle (eight weeks) ! A seasons plan ! A slave to your watch! ! How do you eat an elephant?

John Naber

Why it works! Feeling Self Words Pictures Emotions Image

Getting into The Zone! ! Be in the moment…Pick out triggers and use them ! Don’t think about others…Only yourself ! Park all distractions ! Focus on all of your achievements…There will be many! ! Have one simple objective ! Don’t over analyse ! Visualise

Handling Pressure & Anxiety ! Its ok to be nervous…You should be! ! Nerves PLUS Adrenalin = Performance ! Control the controllable…95% of our worries never happen! ! What is the worst case scenario? How would you deal with it? ! Practice deep breathing before you need it! Develop & strengthen the physiological response o ! Be in the moment and not the future…You cant control time ! Smile!

What now? Its up to you! ! You have to WANT to! ! 7b people! ! DDD… Dreamers…Doers…Disciplined ! CBA… Conceive…Believe…Achieve ! Motivation = Powerful Goals ! Your best version of you…No regrets. ! YET!

R.A.I.L

Working together ! Individuals make teams ! Sir Clive Woodward ! Teamship ! Charter ! Marginal gains ! Tuckman’s Model

In Summary ! Change your thinking…The T.E.A.R Cycle ! Change your Self Talk ! Have positive conditioning…Limiting Beliefs/Enabling Beliefs ! Create Affirmations ! Have meaningful Goals ! Get into The Zone ! Manage your Anxiety ! You and the Team! ! What’s Stopping You!?

Wilma Rudolph…She did…You can!

And Finally… “Never say never because limits like fears, are often just an illusion” MICHAEL JOHNSON

Running Bear…running specialists 01625 582130 www.runningbear.co.uk