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Why do some top juniors make it and others don't? The surprising answer The junior ranks are overflowing with talent. But ask tour players about their own development and they say mindset is the difference maker

𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸: “𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?”

Performance slumps are pretty common across all sports. While you as an athlete may feel helpless in the face of one, there are specific things that you can do to help you weaken the grip that this slump may have on you and get back on track!

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘁𝘄𝗼, 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽! They may form the seeds of a slump, but whether those seeds get “planted and watered” depends upon how you respond to those bad outings!

The real culprit here--the thing that determines whether several bad performances turns into a slump--is how YOU respond to them. More specifically, it's related to what you say to yourself about the poor showings and then what you focus on both before and during the next competition.

So if you keep telling yourself “I'm in a slump,” reminding yourself of the past poor outings, and then jump ahead to the future and start focusing on and worrying about “what if it happens again,” then you are well on your way to creating the exact problem that you don't want to have happen.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?

When you allow your focus to go back and forth from the past to the future, you'll make yourself anxious, undermine your confidence, and distract your concentration from the present, where it needs for you to consistently perform at your best! A past and/or future focus going into a competition always involves over-thinking, and thinking is hazardous to your performance health!

So if you want to loosen the tight grip that a slump may currently have on you, then 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀! Are you hanging out in the past, replaying your last few terrible results? Are you then jumping ahead to the future and trying to prevent this bad result from happening again? 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴!

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 “𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁” 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! It doesn't matter if you have to repeatedly bring yourself back focus-wise! The only thing that really matters is that each and every time you find yourself mentally “time-traveling,” you quickly return your concentration to the task at hand!

Dr. Alan Goldberg is a globally renowned Sports Performance Consultant with over 35 years of experience mentally training athletes of all ages, from Olympians to juniors, and recreational athletes alike. To learn more about Dr. G, please visit https://www.competitivedge.com/dr-alan-goldberg/

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Congratulations to all my juniors who qualified for Optimist this year! Great playing, proud Coach. 🙏🏼

Congratulations , very honored to be a part of the team! 🙏🏼
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Great work G strong finish #2