Mental Edge Training for Athletes
♫ Monday, January 10th, 2011For Athletes Mental Edge (FAME) is a membership site geared to help athletes overcome obstacles of self-doubt, nervousness, lapses of concentration and anxiety during competition. What For FAME does do is help athletes develop the mental edge to focus, concentrate, break bad habits, trust themselves, develop gamesmanship and awareness of the moment they are in. Many times just watching sports, you hear a commentator say, ‘He/She is so mentally tough.’ Believe me this does not just happen overnight for an athlete. It is something that is built over time. An athlete that displays this ‘Mental Toughness’ has at some point decided to prepare their mind just as hard and vigorous as they have prepared their body for competition. They have learned that being unprepared mentally will only lead to a breakdown physically.
FAME has noticed there is something missing in today’s athletes. They have technological advantages like never before. They include year-round training programs. Gyms that offer speed, agility and quickness programs to improve athleticism. Personal coaches/skill trainers are populating virtually every sport. Awesome medical advances to recover from injury faster. Yet, there still seems to be a missing link in peak performance. We look to fill this void by assisting accomplished, elite, professional, recreational and youth athletes in the development of the mental edge of mastering the moment they are in and performing at their peak
So, you must be asking, ‘How is this mental toughness/edge going to be developed?’ Simply, we focus on concepts like goal setting, relaxation, mental imagery and motivational phrases. We feel these concepts are the basis for strong mental preparation. We subscribe to the 75/25 rule. Winning is 75% mental and 25% physical. Others have this rule even more disproportionate for the mental side. If that is the case, why do we concentrate so much time training the body with little regard to mental training.
