Mental Mobility Blog
Flow in Training is NOT Your Goal
Flow is a sought after experience for athletes, but the reality is that it is NOT what you want in training. Learn more about what leads to a flow state, what you actually want during training, and how to better approach your training to get the most out of it.
Competing in the Messy Middle
Get out of the extremes and into the messy middle. Create your own mental guardrails to keep your mindset in the messy middle where all of the best performances take place. Make the adjustments necessary to ensure you have the right approach for the situation.
Create a Personal Performance Team
Athletes, even those in individual sports, all need a supportive performance team to help them achieve their goals. Having a personal performance team ensures that all of the athletes' needs are met and is beneficial not just for professional athletes, but also youth and amateur athletes. If you have goals, make sure you have a personal performance team helping you achieve them. You want to have people that address the four main areas of being an athlete: body, skills, mind, and soul.
K.I.S.S.
If you’ve been around sports for any length of time, it’s likely that you’ve come across this acronym - KISS. Though the exact wording may differ depending on who you hear it from, the principle behind it is the same: Keep It Simple. This concept is easy to understand, but much harder to actually execute.
All I Do Is W.I.N.
I haven’t met a single athlete who isn’t focused on winning every time they step into the arena. Winning is an important part of sport. It’s always a main point whenever you debate who is the GOAT. The joy of coming out on top is what keeps bringing us back. W.I.N. is an acronym that you can use to improve your performance both during training and competition and afterwards.
Raise Your Floor
I get it. You want to be your best. ALL THE TIME. So you spend a ton of time working to make your best even better. However, the greats are never at their best 100% of the time. In fact, they often have times in which they struggle. What is incredible, is that they have put in the work to improve their baseline, their average performances, so that it keeps creeping up which only pushes their best performances even higher. This is what it means to Raise Your Floor.