4 tips to improve trust and performance in competition

Do you (or athletes you coach) excel in practice, but
freeze up in competition and don’t perform freely?

Are you unable to perform spontaneously and relaxed when
performing in competition?

If not, don't fret. Help is here...

Trying to be perfect or over controlling your game
(what I call lack of trust) in competition is a common
challenge in my work with athletes.

It happens most to athletes who love to practice and
improve. But when it comes to competing, they suddenly
lose trust in their skills perform tentatively.

Here’s the kicker...

Theses are the same skills you perform with ease and
confidence in practice.

Athletes lose trust and confidence in their skills
for different reasons including:

* Worry too much about your competitors;

* Being too over analytical with your skills;

* Lose co nfidence when you enter competition;

* Trying hard to learn a new technique and haven't
quite gotten it yet?

* Or you're a perfectionist and feel that your
performance isn't perfect enough to do well?

Why is it important to trust your physical skills and
abilities?

Trust helps you take your practice game to competition.

And if you have high confidence in your skills, this
leads to greater trust.

What is trust in your skills?

Trust is letting go of consciously controlling your
learned skills. It’s relying what you have already
grooved in practice.

**4 tips to help improve trust in your skills for
competition:**

1. Do better with leaving practice on the practice
field, and learn to trust in what you practiced that
week.

2. Become a performer in competition and "let it
happen." Keep your performance simple : See the ball
and hit it; react.

3. Perform in the here-and-now. Let go of worry about
results or outcomes.

4. Stop analyzing mistakes and trying to “fix what’s
wrong” during competition. Find a way to get it done
without worrying about how to get it done.

Want to learn all my secrets for improving trust in
competition and performing with a fearless mindset?

My most popular CD program in The Confident Athlete
Series, “The Fearless Athlete: A 14-Day Plan for
Unbeatable Trust,” helps you do just that.

You can read more about how to take your practice game
to competition with high trust here:

http://www.peaksports.com/the_fearless_athlete.php