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 *Thought Stopping*

A simple but effective method for helping athletes fight off negative, stress-producing thoughts.

 *Thought-Stopping: Use Rubber Band*

Snapping a rubber band against a wrist will improve your thought-stopping abilities.

 *Cohesion Reduces Social Loafing*

You can improve athletes' motivation and individual performance by increasing team cohesion and individual accountability. Good way to improve relay team performance.

 *Cohesion- Praise Your 2nd-String*

A strategy for maximizing the effectiveness of your timeouts.

 *Cohesion- Footprint Banners*

Personalize your own team banners using athlete footprints.

 *Sport Psych in Swedish Schools*

Mental training techniques are taught to every Swedish student as part of their regular school curriculum.

 *Confidence-Improve During Travel*

Improve your players confidence by having them write an anonymous, positive comment about each team member. A good bus trip exercise.

 *Pressure- Sandwich Thoughts*

Athletes can reduce performance anxiety by visualizing something in their life that?s enjoyable regardless of their success in sport.

 *Resiliency- Visualize Difficulties*

Have students visualize themselves shaking off difficult competitive situations.
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 *Refocusing Plan*

Before a major competition, have your athletes make a list of potential distractions and tactics for overcoming them.

 *Profanity - Rehearse Alternatives*

If players use profanities when they become frustrated, have them rehearse acceptable alternatives in practice.

 *Negative Thinking Demonstration*

A quick demonstration on the effectiveness of negative thinking.

 *Motivation- Use a Yellow Jersey*

A yellow jersey, like the one used in the Tour de France cycling race, can be used to motivate your athletes between competitions.

 *Motivation for Strength Training*

A method for improving athletes? intrinsic desire to work hard in their strength and conditioning programs.

 *Mistakes - Cue Words for Recovery*

Cue words can help players turn errors into success.
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