Do You Have Stable Self-Confidence in Volleyball? Confidence can be an elusive skill for a lot of athletes. It is one of the most important mental game components, and also one of the hardest to gain and maintain. Confidence can also impact other mental skills. For example, when confidence is fragile, it’s likely that you’ll be distracted easily … Sport Psychology Article…
Using Positive Energy to Stay Motivated in Practices As a volleyball player, especially if you’re a young player, you go to practice and rely a lot on a coach to bring good vibes, positive energy, and to work with you on your game. That’s how it is in a perfect world… Though, no one lives in a perfect … Sport Psychology Article…
Mentally Preparing Before a Volleyball Match Success is largely a matter of consistency. Not necessarily consistency in play, but consistency in everyday life… Especially before and during a match. Kerri Walsch Jennings, a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and one-time Bronze Medalist in Beach Volleyball, has routine in her day, as well as before a match. Walsch Jennings maintains … Sport Psychology Article…
Using Positive Key Words to Overcome Nerves It can be so easy to think negatively going into a game, during a game, or even after a game… You may be scheduled to play against the team with the top outside in your conference, or you may have shanked two serve-receive passes in a row, or even missed the … Sport Psychology Article…
Creating Goals to Stay Focused High expectations rarely result in top results–they actually lead to less confidence. Of course you want to get better and that means faster times or better finishes. After all, you are training an enormous amount of hours and making tremendous sacrifices. You don’t want your efforts to go for naught. It is absolutely … Sport Psychology Article…
Refocusing Quickly in Volleyball Mistakes during a volleyball match seem to be pretty inevitable. Volleyball is a game of mistakes… You’ll never see a match, even at the professional and Olympic level that didn’t include a few errors. Whether it be a missed serve, a shanked ball, or an error on the block; even the best, most skilled … Sport Psychology Article…