Team Mental Practices

Thanks for the email and I do appreciate the interest in the Elite Academy. In North America, we tend to shy away from the mental aspect of the game and some of the international coaches I have worked with have told me as much and I have learned a large amount from them about the ways to get a team and individuals to play to their potential.  I can set up a team session or sessions to help your team, work their ways through the challenges of higher level play and how they need to get their heads around each of their roles within a team.  These sessions are normally a two-hour block and happen in a meeting or board rooms somewhere and in the past, I have just charged like any other session.  If your team provides the room in which to conduct the session them, it greatly drops the price and I would offer it as a private lesson which is normally 125.00 dollars per hour which I can drop to 125 for the two hours.  The room has to be warm and the athletes need to bring a pillow because I also talk about relaxation techniques when trying to sleep the night before a big tournament or during times of stress and anxiety.  Coach and parents are welcome but should remain as silent observers.  The coaches are welcome to help guide the session but should not be the focus.  Athletes will be required to bring a throw pillow of some sort as we will sit on the floor and not in chairs.

Most days where I have not scheduled a session on the site I would be able to do this activity or on a day where I have scheduled a private lesson, however, most of those are already filled.  Let me know what you think and we can see if it is possible to make it happen.

The flow of the presentation is a follows:

What is mental practice?

Dealing with anxiety and nerves

Your goals of an individual

Your contribution to the team

How to make sure individual and team goals do not conflict

How you are not alone, what it means to be part of a team

Difference between good players and elite players

Making goals a reality

Types of players

Respect and commitment

The ways and rewards of pushing yourself way past what you think you are capable of achieving

Difference between confidence and arrogance

What are the roles of parents, coaches, and others in the sport aspect of your life?

Dealing with failure

Relaxation techniques