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About this book
Stay in the moment, stay in the game! With this fun and engaging workbook for young athletes, you'll find practical ways to cope with stress and improve your performance, no matter what sport you play.
If you're like many other high school or college students, you probably feel pressure to perform at a high level—both in the classroom and on the field. Unfortunately, this pressure can cause lots of stress and anxiety. To make matters worse, you may find it difficult to effectively manage all of these demands on your time, energy, and health. This is where mindfulness can help.
Mindfulness allows you to stay present, focus, and be calm with your thoughts and emotions, no matter how stressful life gets. In Mindfulness for Student Athletes, you'll find practical and tactical ways to cope with stress and anxiety in the moment, prevent stress in the future, and experience more satisfaction and enjoyment while playing sports. You'll also find proven-effective tools to naturally enhance your performance.
The mindfulness skills outlined in this workbook will not only help you on the field—but in life as well. You'll be able to take what you've learned and apply it to any situation, from job interviews to scoring a touchdown. What a gift to have!
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Table of contents
- letter to student athletes
- letter to coaches, parents,and professionals
- activity 1: the mindful athlete: what is mindfulness?
- activity 2: developing a sports portfolio
- activity 3: your whys: what are your reasons for playing sports?
- activity 4: what stresses you? your opponent paper tigers
- activity 5: the physical and emotional effects of stress on athletes
- activity 6: the athletic stress response
- activity 7: being in the zone
- activity 8: sport sense awareness: tuning into your senses
- activity 9: tuning into your visualanchor points
- activity 10: breathing through difficult moments
- activity 11: the 3-second rule practice: a mindful centering approach
- activity 12: CPR for choke prevention
- activity 13: 2BSET model of awareness
- activity 14: mindfully drinking sports drinks and water
- activity 15: mindfully walking the lines in sports
- activity 16: mindful stretching and warm-ups
- activity 17: taking a short break: sitting body scan practice
- activity 18: mindful preparation and managing routines
- activity 19: locker room activity: an informal mindfulness practice
- activity 20: self-carefor athletes
- activity 21: an attitude of gratitude
- activity 22: finding your confident self
- activity 23: athletic success: accepting failure and feedback
- activity 24: thoughts impactperformance
- activity 25: mental toughness
- activity 26: mental car wash
- activity 27: controlling the controllables
- activity 28: tracking sportsperformance
- activity 29: managing and breaking through pain
- activity 30: stress equals pain times blocking: S=PxB
- activity 31: visualizing your performance
- activity 32: the positive and nurturingcoach