Mental Toughness

Question 1

What is the most important organ for an athletes success?

Answer 1

Brain

Question 2

Sport psychology can help athletes to

Answer 2

Control performance anxiety
Improve performance with visualization and imagery
Improve and preserve self-assurance
Improve and sustain inspiration
Relax while under pressure
Set and accomplish goals
Control energy levels
Use routines to maintain performance consistency
Recover from injuries and setbacks
Manage disagreements between teammates and coaches
Concentrate on the vital movements and increase duration of that concentration

Question 3

Mental Toughness includes

Answer 3

Resilience and the ability to cope or recover from challenges

Maturation to perform to the best of your ability, regardless of circumstances

Capacity to remain focused on the task at hand under pressure during competition

Question 4

Mental Toughness is unaffected by

Answer 4

Something that happens at a game or competition

Question 5

Mental Toughness is about filtering out

Answer 5

Irrelevant information

Question 7

Mental Toughness is described as

Answer 7

Doing whatever it takes to complete the task such as dealing with demands of difficult exercise, enduring pain, or touching out an opponent at the end of a race

Question 8

Sport psychologists define mental toughness as

Answer 8

Managing demands that athletics places on you such as competition, prep, education, and lifestyle

Staying determined, concentrated, confident, and calm under pressure

Question 9

You may also say that mental toughness is

Answer 9

Unshakable faith in your ability to accomplish anything
Staying focused under pressure
Being persistent and determined in face of adversity
Adapt under pressure
Emotional self-control
Getting back on track following a setback

Question 10

Official Definition of Mental Toughness

Answer 10

Psychological or intellectual Refusal to be threatened, desire to finish a contest when things are not good, and capacity to control one’s emotions and stay concentrated under competitive pressure

Question 11

Ways to Increase Mental Toughness

Answer 11

Seek reviews from sports psychologists, family, teammates, or coaches.

Question 12

Relevant Questions to Ask

Answer 12

What do you think about my mental toughness?
How well do I recover from a mistake?
How well do I deal with adversity and combat while the game is down?
How well do I handle criticism from coaches and teammates?
How well do I handle competition stress?
Am I confident in my ability to reach the objective?
How well do I concentrate while the game is on the line

Question 13

How to develop mental toughness on and off the court

Answer 13

Athletics-Holding teammates to high level of professionalism and performance

Getting batter despite not being able to play as much

Fighting with injury to re-enter the line

School-Struggling to improve grades after a low exam score

Doing well in sports and school

Defying peer pressure and sticking with your values Ex Smoking

Seeking academic assistance when needed

Relationships- Saying something difficult while being confident and compassionate

Talking problems out

Prioritize others

Express hurt or anger to a friend firmly and politely about what he or she did

Question 14

Ways to challenge yourself with your mental toughness

Answer 14

Wrap athletic tape around arm with M.T on it for mental toughness

End of practice, rate yourself answering questions from earlier

Challenge yourself daily to improve mental toughness that is non-sport

Seek a sport psychologist

List elite athletes for their mental toughness and try to imitate them
Dedicate to working on strength and pace and challege yourself to be physically strong

Seek out strength and conditioning coaches that want you to give it your all

Question 15

Circumstances that can test and develop mental toughness

Answer 15

Create ideal responses to
Suffering injuries
Losing position
Major mistake
Minor mistake
Yelled at by coach
Cut from team
Not making varsity
No offer at top school

Question 16

How can you make sure you are improving?

Answer 16

Stay focused and practice daily, mentally training before each training session and game

Start the day with mental toughness by speaking to the mirror or show someone you will be mentally tough

Rate yourself at the end of the day

Observe how you were mentally tough or when you fall short if you do fall short don’t beat yourself up, acknowledge it and move on

Make a promise to improve in the face of challenges and barriers

Become physically fit, you will trust your body, then you will be mentally tougher

Be confident in your body with your fast and powerful body

Think you are capable of accomplishing anything

Physical fitness can be painful, but you are also strengthening your mental toughness