Summary
- The session covered mental strategies via racing phases and anxiety management for optimised athlete performance and emotional resilience.
- Racing Mental Performance Framework - Racing consists of 3 phases including pre-race preparation, crisis management, and post-race debriefs. Athletes can learn to categorise anxiety to distinguish between performance-enhancing focus and dysfunctional, inward-collapsing fear.
- Anxiety Management and Tactics - Cognitive pacing and controllable auditing mitigate stress and prevent physiological tension. Crisis management playbooks utilise predefined solutions to shift athletes from threat mode into challenge mode during events.
- Post-Race Recovery Protocols - A 24 hour rule allows emotional processing before transitioning to analytical data gathering with coaches. Integrating Rate of Perceived Exertion with objective physiological data enables individualised future performance planning.
Listen back to get some great tips and tricks from Sarah to help you with your mindset before, during, and after your next race.
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Website Link: https://www.thethreshold.coach/
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