About Us - Mental Side of Competing
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As a child and teen I played golf, softball, tennis, and ran some track. Tennis was the sport that I competed in most and I spent all four years of high school on the varsity team (#2 singles as a freshman and #1 singles the rest).
I struggled with the mental game - keeping focus and not letting emotion effect my results.
Then I learned about the "Mental Game", it changed my competitive persona forever.
When I started competing in agility, I went back to studying and applying the "Mental Game". I feel that so many competitors don't realize how negative image and self-talk hold them back and AFFECT THEIR DOG'S performance!
I don't find mental training "easy", but I find it essential. It's not something I did once and "fixed myself"... it's a constant process just like keeping other skills up - only it's much more critical.
Teaching others about the mental game is one of my favorite things and have loved incorporating agility exercises into the teaching.
As a child and teen I played golf, softball, tennis, and ran some track. Tennis was the sport that I competed in most and I spent all four years of high school on the varsity team (#2 singles as a freshman and #1 singles the rest).
I struggled with the mental game - keeping focus and not letting emotion effect my results.
Then I learned about the "Mental Game", it changed my competitive persona forever.
When I started competing in agility, I went back to studying and applying the "Mental Game". I feel that so many competitors don't realize how negative image and self-talk hold them back and AFFECT THEIR DOG'S performance!
I don't find mental training "easy", but I find it essential. It's not something I did once and "fixed myself"... it's a constant process just like keeping other skills up - only it's much more critical.
Teaching others about the mental game is one of my favorite things and have loved incorporating agility exercises into the teaching.