{"id":9042,"date":"2018-10-26T14:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:30:08","slug":"turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Athletic Failure Into Growth and Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Turn-Mistakes-Into-Success.jpg\" alt=\"How to Turn Mistakes Into Success\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/#How_to_Turn_Mistakes_Into_Success\" >How to Turn Mistakes Into Success<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/#Your_perspective_on_failure_affects_your_thoughts_and_impacts_your_emotion\" >Your perspective on failure affects your thoughts and impacts your emotion.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/#Mistakes_can_turn_into_successes_with_the_right_approach\" >Mistakes can turn into successes with the right approach.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/#Turning_Failure_Into_Growth\" >Turning Failure Into Growth:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/turning-athletic-failure-into-growth-and-learning\/#The_Confident_Athlete\" >The Confident Athlete<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>How do you respond to losing or failure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What sort of <strong>emotions<\/strong> does failure evoke within you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How have you recovered from failure in the past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_perspective_on_failure_affects_your_thoughts_and_impacts_your_emotion\"><\/span>Your perspective on failure affects your thoughts and impacts your emotion.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These three components, <strong>perspective, thoughts<\/strong> and <strong>emotions,<\/strong> will determine how you respond to failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many athletes view failure as the worst thing possible in sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, you compete in sports to win and to play your best every single time you play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You spend hours upon hours honing skills, working hard in practices, and doing everything possible to up your game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Failure makes all your effort seem not worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might think, <em>&#8220;Why should I continue to work hard when it never seems to pay off?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making mistakes in a competition may magnify the <strong>emotional<\/strong> component for some athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anger, frustration, hopelessness,<\/strong> sadness and resignation in the middle of the competition will just take you out of game and probably result in giving less than your best effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mistakes_can_turn_into_successes_with_the_right_approach\"><\/span>Mistakes can turn into successes with the right approach.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s exactly how Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Martinez became a successful outfielder in the Major Leagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez played his first three seasons in Houston and only managed to hit .251 in 252 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, Martinez was told by his hitting coach that he didn\u2019t have the proper swing to become an impact hitter in the major leagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine not performing well in your sport and having a coach severely criticize you on top of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those circumstances could have turned a perceived failure into disaster&#8230; But not for Martinez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez had a <strong>mindset focused<\/strong> on improvement rather than his misses in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez responded by watching film of <strong>successful<\/strong> hitters, studying the elite hitters of the game and modeling the mechanics of top hitters to eventually become one of the top <strong>consistent<\/strong> hitters in the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his next six out of seven seasons, Martinez has hit over .300 and has become a key component in the Boston Red Sox\u2019s run for the 2018 MLB Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez talked about his experiences in Houston and how he was able to develop a <strong>positive mindset<\/strong> and turn his misses into successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MARTINEZ:<\/strong> <em>&#8220;What stands out to me? I think the growing pains, really. I learned how to fail, if that\u2019s something. I think I went through all my failure there and I kind of learned and I grew. And I knew kind of what worked, what didn\u2019t work.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The misses you have gone through in your athletic career, or what some would call failure, do not need to stop you from reaching your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, past losses or failure can fuel you and lead you to successes by <strong>motivating<\/strong> you to work harder or smarter&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What doesn&#8217;t work helps you learn how to change your approach to push you forward in your career&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it all depends on your <strong>mindset<\/strong> and your attitude towards failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Turning_Failure_Into_Growth\"><\/span>Turning Failure Into Growth:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After every competition, consider the following questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is working for you? What did you do well?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you need to improve in your mental game?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can your improve technically or tactically?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What did you learn that will make you a stronger athlete or better team?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Look to make small modifications rather than major overhauls, especially if you are in the middle of your season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use past performances to grow and learn. Avoid doubting your skills. You&#8217;ll always have ups and downs in your career. 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You can learn to have greater levels of confidence in competition than you do in practice by identifying the specific ways you undermine your own confidence and <strong>how to convert your practice confidence into COMPETITIVE CONFIDENCE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Confident Athlete\u201d is a ground-breaking system to teach you how to think like a champion and have ultimate self-confidence every time you step on the playing field, court, track, or course. The confident athletes was <strong>developed for any athlete \u2013 junior to professional \u2013<\/strong>that wants to gain confidence. However, coaches and sports parents can learn how to teach others to perform with ultimate confidence. 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