{"id":1241,"date":"2010-10-21T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:18:12","slug":"mental-game-plan-for-helping-perfectionist-athletes-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-game-plan-for-helping-perfectionist-athletes-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Game Plan for Helping Perfectionist Athletes Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ashley, who is a young skater, sought my help to overcome some tough mental game challenges, such as perfectionism<\/strong> and focusing<\/strong> too much on results….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her mother enrolled her in my 2010 summer mental game coaching special. Like many skaters I’ve worked with over the years, Ashley was trying to be too perfect with her skills and was very self-critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping perfectionists get the most out of their talent can be tricky because they have to let go of many ineffective beliefs<\/strong> they hold tightly to. Some of these include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Thinking they must be perfect<\/strong> to be successful<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Never feeling they’re good enough because of super high expectations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Getting angry quickly when they don’t perform<\/strong> up to their expectations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Lack of self-confidence<\/strong> because of their self-critical behaviors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>After we uncover these beliefs and work to overcome them, the next challenge is to help my students focus on execution instead of results or scores.<\/span><\/h4>
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