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The X-Factor
in Sport

What is the X-Factor in Sport?

Many coaches and pundits will talk about it, but few are able to define theses critical factors in
performance. Words like intangibles and unmeasurables are used to describe these skills.

News Flash...These performance factors are neither intangible nor unmeasurable. X-Factor
qualities are known psychological traits and states that can be trained and measured.

The X-Factor is largely a set of psychological skills associated with uncommon cognitive
processing abilities and well developed emotional intelligence and regulation. The performance
outcomes include; laser like focus and attention, greater absorption and recall of sport specific
information, poise, mental toughness, work-ethic, leadership, command presence, and an
athlete who is easier to coach.

Traditional sports psychology does not use the cutting-edge advances available to elite
performance today. The emergence of performance psychology in sport has brought evidence-
based practices from across psychological traditions to optimize sport specific elite mental
functioning, long-term dedication to training, mental and physical endurance, and resilience in
the face of set-backs like loss, disappointment, or injury that is inevitably encountered in sport at
the elite level.

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