Page 18 - Mental Skills for Coaches

second...Take two deep breaths for a count of 5 seconds in, 5 seconds out. On the third breath, take one final breath in, hold it, begin your run up and strike the ball, exhaling on contact.
Take a deep breath and now open your eyes.
Task: Practice this technique during a quiet moment at home first, progressing to practice while on the training pitch tomorrow. Combine the physical and environmental and the other phases you have built up. Take 20 mins per day to practise this. Find this time in the hour leading up to training,
PETLEP Learning
Objective: Progress your imagery model, by adding in the Learning imagery. Time to Spend: 15 mins.
“Learning” phase takes into consideration the skill level of the performer and how this is adapted as the skill improves. The content of this phase represent the improvement in the quality and accuracy of your image the more often you practise it..
Ø Begin your re-centering steps you learned last week and have been practising, Ø Now add your Physical which you learned yesterday,
Ø Now add your Environment which you learned yesterday.
Ø Now add your Task which you learned yesterday.
Ø Now add your Timing which you learned yesterday Ø Now we’ll add in the Learning ...
So where you were tackling or about to tackle, can see it from another angle, looking at from a birds eye view, what’s your movement like, what’s your body position like is it right Does It need to be adjusted. Is still the same position she was in, will you make the tackle now? Is there anyone else in the picture...Take two deep breaths for a count of 5 seconds in, 5 seconds out. On the third breath, take one final breath in, hold it, begin your run up and strike the ball, exhaling on contact.
Take a deep breath and now open your eyes.
Task: Practice this technique during a quiet moment at home first, progressing to practice while on the training pitch tomorrow. Combine this and all previous phases, this is coming together now. Take 20 mins per day to practise this. Find this time in the hour leading up to training,