Yanking Chains Podcast: Mental Game

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Sport Psychology Consultation

Athletes spend many hours a week in their physical and technical training. When athletes are asked how important is the mental side of their sports compared to the physical aspects of their sports, athletes always report it is extremely important. Yet little time, energy or effort is devoted to preparing the mind for competition. On the day of competition, each athlete may have similar ability, equipment, conditioning and coaching but what truly separates the good athletes from the outstanding athletes are how well they are prepared mentally. 

True Form Consultation is customized high quality skillful consultation services provides people with perspective, insight, information, new skills and tools that enable them to perform at their highest level, consistently. Developing your mental game will provide you greater satisfaction, contentment and fulfillment.  Sport psychology benefits everyone!  Any and all levels of sport ability or participation will benefit by learning new strategies to improve your sport performance.

Solutions
Do you choke under pressure of competition? Are you afraid of parts of your sport? Do you lose your motivation to train? Are you motivated to challenge yourself and take risks? Do you make excuses?  True Form Coaching provides information and skill based services to groups and individuals to help you discover the solutions to your real-life challenges. Many high achieving people struggle in today's competitive world. True Form Coaching is committed to producing meaningful and lasting positive changes in all areas of your life, and particularly your sport participation. Together we will help you remove the current challenges and create long-term success helping you achieve your goals.

Rehabilitation, rest and recovery is part of the cycle of being an athlete. Creating a personalized rehabilitation plan during our consultation services will speed up your recovery time, enhance your healing and allow you to return to your sport stronger. Many athletes return to their sport stronger and more prepared than before their injury or period of recovery; this is achieved by following the proper customized rehabilitation plan to maximize the opportunity inherent in this time of reorganization.  When an athlete needs to exit completely from their primary sport, True Form Coaching can provide guidance, support and help reorganizing to the next chapter in an athlete's life. For many athletes, exiting from their primary sport can be confusing, depressing, traumatic, disorienting, concerning and quite challenging. The process of exiting from your sport does not need to be this traumatic. True Form Coaching can provide the guidance you need for a smooth transition into the next phase of your life.  
 

"As a mother and professional I have found it virtually impossible to exercise regularly.  My work with Karen helped me to examine my thoughts and choices and align my actions with my greater goals.  In just a brief time my life has changed significantly and the benefits of our work together are measurable and wonderful!" -Llana M.

Sport Experience Enhancement

Three main elements of training: body, mind & passion. During your athletic training you devote yourself to improve your physical skills and strategies. Your mental game is what separates really good athletes from excellent athletes. Training prepares you to perform your best in competition. Learn the essential skills to enhance your performance and experience. Learn how to be the best athlete you can be in both training and in competition. All levels of sport are appropriate.

• Establish your strengths, abilities and what motivates you

• Increase confidence, focus and self management skills

• Manage pressure, fear, anxiety, and remove barriers to progress
• Solidify your pre-competition planning, imagery and positivity

• Generate new possibilities, techniques, and create solutions to achieve your athletic goals

Education for Athletic Coaches

Enhance the abilities of your athletes through solid leadership and motivational techniques. This program assists coaches to address the diverse needs of their athletes by incorporating mental skills training into the normal skills training and competitive preparations. The tools are simple to learn, practical to use and time efficient. Incorporating mental skills trainings will compliment your tactical, technical and physical coaching you already give your athletes and provide your athletes with the competitive upper edge. You play a significant role in the development of your athletes lives.

• Develop resilience in your athletes 
• Shorten the time it takes to get to know new athletes

• Reduce stress and increase the chances of preventing injuries
• Maximize the quality of your athletes training time

• Increase athletes ability manage pressure around competition
• Improve life skills for success and happiness outside of sport participation
• Improve your own mental game as you help your athletes improve theirs
• Become the most skilled coach you can become

Rehabilitation, Injury Prevention & Management 

Typical approaches to sport injury prevention incorporate multiple strategies: protective equipment, graduated training, strength, flexibility, endurance work, and skill mastery. Few approaches acknowledge the importance of the emotional and psychological components involved in injury prevention and rehabilitation management. It is well documented in research literature that athletes who report higher levels of stress in response to social, academic, occupational or athletics display a tendency to sustain more frequent or more severe injuries. 

• Learn to identify and reduce your personal risk factors
• Already managing an injury? 
  
• Learn to make a manageable rehabilitation plan
  
• Learn to optimize your sport performance even during time           away from physical skills training
• Strengthen your mental game
• Develop sport specific strategies and return to your sport               stronger
  
• Develop coping strategies to handle stress differently and               prevent future injuries from occurring

Occasionally, athletes are not medically allowed to return to their primary sport. Learn how to exit from your sport with purpose, direction and a comprehensive understanding of the next chapter in your life. Many athletes find themselves, lost, depressed and distraught. These feelings are normal. You can learn to generate new possibilities and actively create a positive transition for your future.True Form Coaching can help you exit from your sport with direction and purpose. 
  

Parenting the Youth Athlete

Each family system is unique and has different strengths and struggles. As parents you spend tons of time, money, energy and resources helping your youth athlete achieve his or her dreams. Learn how to best help your athletes advance to the next level. Remove any barriers to progress and generate new solutions to your current challenges. Everyone in your family can achieve their goals. 

• Create strategies to balance school, sport, and family obligations
• Reduce stress for everyone in the family and prevent injuries
• Help your child advance to a higher level of performance in his or her sport
• Generate an environment that nurtures everyone in the family, including you as the parents
• Become the most effective sport parent that you can become

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"Karen is a wonderful instructor. She was kind and patient and at the same time did a great job of keeping the workshop on task. She was very knowledgeable about the subject matter, and used a lot of real life examples to demonstrate each topic. I always felt incredibly respected and safe in her class and I learned a lot. Karen is both very down to earth and professional at the same time. She has been a great support for myself and my husband and we would recommend her workshops without hesitation." – Ori P.