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IYO Sports Mental Support
IYO Sports Mental Support


A07. Automatic thoughts: friend or foe?
Immediately before or during a performance, negative thoughts or images such as "I'm going to fail" or "This is bad" may pop into your...

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A06. The power of trying your hardest
Have you ever exerted more power than usual during an important game? There is a proverb that says, " The power of the fire ." When...

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B02. Mindfulness
Do you ever find yourself thinking about things other than your performance during a competition, or are you unable to concentrate...

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A05. Freezing
If you get really nervous, you put in unnecessary force and can't perform to your full potential in a match, or you get scared and can't...

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A04. Two ways anxiety arises
There are two ways in which anxiety can affect performance. One is called a short circuit . For example, if you are standing on a train...

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B01. Changing the way you perceive it
It is said that optimal stress levels allow athletes to perform at their best. Incidentally, a state of stress is a reaction to a...

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A03. Stress and performance
It is said that there is a relationship between the intensity of stress and the level of performance according to the Yerkes-Dodson law ...

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A02. The fight-or-flight stress response
Important games are very stressful, and for athletes, stress is something they cannot do without. Stress means a distortion from a...

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A1. Zone (flow state)
The zone ( flow state) is a state in which the mind and body are integrated and perform at their best . You do not feel any changes...

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