Three Powerful Things Every Young Athlete Should Know
The post by Allistair McCaw
Three Powerful Things Every Young Athlete Should Know
1. The Mind is everything
It can be your best friend or your biggest enemy. When you choose to act, think and stay positive, especially during pressure situations in matches, the better chance you will have of succeeding. You will be surprised how many better skilled or talented players you can beat just by keeping ‘it together’ and believing.
2. Look and act like a Winner
Your body language speaks volumes. They say you can tell a winner from a a mile away. Your posture and the way you carry yourself sends a powerful message to your opponent/s. Walking around with slumped shoulders and dragging your feet, sends a message that you are doubtful, negative and unsure.
In fact, it only gives your opponents more energy and power. Walking and moving like a winner (even when you are trailing in a match), sends a message of “I’m coming at you with my best”.
3. Never, ever give up!
If you keep ‘hanging in there’, great things can happen. I promise you. No matter how badly you are performing or how impossible it seems, there’s a chance. Why? Because you’re still alive and ‘in it’.
In fact, your best chance to turn a match around is when your opponent thinks they are near the finish line and have already won. That’s when you stay in the process and keep playing! Your opponents fear it most, when they are close to winning and you are still putting the pressure on!
Remember this: THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP FIGHTING AND BELIEVING!
I promise you that the quicker you implement these three things, the better chances of success you will have!
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Thanks it’s really true , this can make at least 20% more wins for any athlete .
Great article!!!
Eugenio Kettelsen
CEO/President of Engn Tennis Apparel.