The Importance of Developing Routines and Rituals for Your Athletes

The post by Allistair McCaw

The importance of developing routines and rituals for your athletes 

There’s one thing in common with all the best athletes I’ve worked with, and that is that they all have set routines and rituals.

Routines enable the athlete to make their preparation more predictable by knowing they’re covering every area that will influence performance.

Routines enable athletes to be completely physically, technically, tactically, and mentally ready to perform their best. In fact, I don’t know a world-class athlete in any sport who does not use routines in some part of his or her competitive preparations.

When I start with a young athlete, one of the first things I do is give them set routines and rituals to follow.

If an athlete can reduce the things that can go wrong and be prepared for those things that do, they’ll be better able to stayed focused and relaxed before and during the competition.

Routines and rituals help you focus on the process and limit the mind from wandering.

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