Essential Mental Skills in Soccer

Name: Essential Mental Skills in Soccer
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It is content-focused on the fundamental principles, techniques, methods, and skills of mental training in soccer.

Created byMichal Kopčan

Last updated 12/2023

English

What you'll learn

How to effectively and systematically work on developing your mental aspects, as well as those of your team (in case you are a coach).
The connection between the mind and body, especially in the context of performance.
The proper steps to take in setting individual and team goals.
How to boost the confidence of players or teams.
Effective management of pressure during matches or competitions, understanding the relationship between stress and performance.
Inclusion of pre-match strategies in preparation, ensuring optimal performance for individuals and teams.
Efficient methods for enhancing concentration.
Rapid recovery from mistakes or poor performances.
Development of mental visualization skills.
Principles of peak performance and the factors involved.

Course content

5 sections • 27 lectures • 3h 13m total length

Introduction11:18
Introduction of the topic: What it takes to become a champion?
The mind-body connection14:28
Discovering Your “Inner Coach"
Exercise 1: Reviewing Past Peak Performances
Exercise 2: Reviewing Past Bad Performances
Exercise 3: Comparing Good and Bad Performances
Exercise 4: The Power of The Mind and the Body Connection
Goal setting12:48
This lecture provides a clear guide for the goal setting.
Plan for the Future, But Work in the Present5:12
Goals:
1) Write out a list of ALL the goals you wish to attain in soccer.
2) Prioritize them in order of importance and in relation to time.
3) Break the short term goals into smaller ones.
4) ASK THE EXPERTS! Consult with your coach, sport psychologist, strength trainer, nutritionist, or other experts to help you identify exactly what you need to work on.
5) Check your goals against the Goal Setting Guidelines to be sure that your goals meet all the criteria.
Champions Believe in Themselves No Matter What11:13
WHEN YOU PERSIST IN BEING PERSISTENT, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ULTIMATELY REACH THAT GOAL.
THE BIRTH OF EXCELLENCE BEGINS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR BELIEFS.
THE ONLY PERSON YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE IS YOURSELF!
5 steps to learning to believe in yourself3:57
1) Do not listen to the experts!
2) Eliminate the words like “cannot“, “never“, “impossible“.
3) Practice doing “impossible“ on a daily basis.
4) Surround yourself with “GO-FOR-IT“ people.
5) Talk to, read about, watch and listen to people who have overcome obstacles to make it.
Champions take risks- The GOYA factor2:22
Do not wait to get motivated before you take action, take action and then you will get motivated.
Champions use their failures as stepping stones to success7:53
Do not talk about failures using „permanent“ language!
FAILURE IS FEEDBACK AND FEEDBACK IS BREAKFAST FOR CHAMPIONS!

Handling the pressure of competition4:05
IT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU OR AROUND YOU THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE YOU THAT COUNTS!
Understanding the relationship between Stres and Performance5:56
The VERTICAL axis measures how well you are performing.
The HORIZONTAL axis measures how nervous or stressed out you are.
Reading nervousness6:16
1. Exercise: Discovering good nervousness
2. Exercise: Discovering bad nervousness
3. Exercise: Compare and contrast
Coping with „bad“ Nervousness6:30
1. Coping strategy: Act as if you are „good“ nervous
2. Coping strategy: Simulation
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)2:56
Download PDF file for the exact procedure of PMR.
Developing a relaxation „CUE“ for transferring your skill to the pitch1:39
Autogenic Training (AT)3:39
1) Heaviness of the limbs.
2) Warmth in the limbs.
3) Cardiac regulation.
4) Breathing regulation.
5) Coolness in the forehead.
Breathing exercises3:57
1) Breathing control training.
2) Breathing by 3.
3) Breathing meditation.
VISUALIZATION2:17
See, hear, and feel in as much details as possible!

Most common Pre-Game Coping Strategies6:21
1) Change negative self-talk.
2) Focus on what you want to have happen.
3) Concentrate on playing the game. Not on winning.
4) Control the controllable.
5) Let your mistakes go quickly.
6) Tighten and release.
7) Stretch
8) Have fun.
Coping with „not enough“ nervousness: Psyche-up strategies6:18
1) Change your self-talk.
2) Change your goals for the game.
3) Build-up the mental importance of the match.
4) Use simulation to change the game and increase the challenge.
5) Get yourself physically „UP“.
Concentration12:09
Concentration is a two part skill:
1)You must catch yourself when you are mentally losing your focus or drifting off.
2) You must quickly and gently bring yourself back to the right focus.
Letting go of the past- Dealing with mistakes9:55
After every mistake, you have 3 tasks:
1)Switch your focus away from the mistake.
2) Change your negative self-talk.
3) Get control of your arousal level.

Winners know that nothing good comes from being negative10:05
Winning thinking is a learned skill. With regular practice and persistence even you can turn that negative attitude around and start to use your head to play better.
Developing self-confidence12:14
Developing confidence exercises:
1. Using positive affirmations
2. Self-Advertising
3. Pre-sleep technique
4. Victory Log
5. Wall of Fame
6. Controlling negative self-talk
Mental rehearsal for peak performance11:24
Winners see what they want to have happen. Loosers see what they are afraid will happen.
Mental rehearsal exercises4:57
1. Developing a peak performance cue, replaying a great game.
2. Preparing for a big game- mastery imagery.
3. Handling psyche-outs, overcoming obstacles, rebounding from setbacks- coping imagery.
The principles of peak performance11:30
Peak performance principles:
1. FUN
2. High self-esteem
3. Process, not outcome focused
4. Free to fail or make mistakes
5. Challenge, do not threaten
6. Automatic- effortless-non thinking
7. Mentally and physically relaxed
Conclusion2:31
With patience, a little hard work and consistent practice you can train yourself to develop the mind of a champion. Mental toughness can be learned! This video course provides you with all the strategies you need to become a mentally tough soccer player.
If I can help you with any part of your mental training please feel free to call or write. My goal is to provide clear, helpful information, and I would be happy to help you with any issues or problems that come up for you in the course of your training and life.
Thanks again for buying this video course.
Michal

Requirements

No previous mental skills and experience is required. You will learn all the essential mental skills in soccer in the course.

Description

The video course “Mental Skills in Soccer” is content-focused on the fundamental principles, techniques, methods, and skills of mental training and overall mental preparation for individuals and teams. The course is enriched with practical advice and insights from a mental coach’s experience. Many of these techniques and approaches can be immediately applied in working with individuals and teams.

All videos in the course are designed practically, containing specific techniques, exercises, and strategies of mental training.

What Will You Learn

How to effectively and systematically work on developing your mental aspects, as well as those of your team (in case you are a coach).
The connection between the mind and body, especially in the context of performance.
The proper steps to take in setting individual and team goals.
How to boost the confidence of players or teams.
Effective management of pressure during matches or competitions, understanding the relationship between stress and performance.
Inclusion of pre-match strategies in preparation, ensuring optimal performance for individuals and teams.
Efficient methods for enhancing concentration.
Rapid recovery from mistakes or poor performances.
Development of mental visualisation skills.
Principles of peak performance and the factors involved.

There are not any special requirements for who can take this course. Anyone can enrol and take this course.

Who this course is for:

The video course "Essential Mental Skills in Soccer" is content-focused on the fundamental principles, techniques, methods, and skills of mental training and overall mental preparation for individuals and teams. The course is enriched with practical advice and insights from a mental coach's experience. Many of these techniques and approaches can be immediately applied in working with individuals and teams. All videos in the course are designed practically, containing specific techniques, exercises, and strategies of mental training.
There are not any special requirements for who can take this course. Anyone can enrol and take this course.

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Developing a positive attitude6 lectures • 53min

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