GAME CHANGERS

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING

CHANGE
YOUR
M e n t a l
GAME
“Controlling what you can when
things are out of your Control”
 GAME CHANGERS
MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING

There are two parts to your brain

Subconscious Conscious
back of the brain
front of the brain
where “ego/fear” live
"conscious" thoughts
job is to protect you
and decision making
thinks you’re always
Knows you are NOT
being chased by a lion
being chased by a lion
is this “safe vs unsafe”
How we respond to
no thinking, just doing
what's happening
How we react to
around us
what's happening
knows the difference
around us
between facts and
Run on emotions and
fiction, true vs false,
memories
helpful vs hurtful
Easily activated
Easily triggered *what we want to turn on and
show up for us when we are
*what usually shows up when we
faced with adversity
find ourselves facing adversity

The Main Difference?

Your Conscious brain helps you RESPOND to adversity
“ok, this is happening...I can handle this”
while
Your Subconscious brain has you REACT
to the things happening around you.
“OMG this is happening TO ME!”
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ENERGY

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EFFORT

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MINDSET
AND CHANGE YOUR GAME
aka Controlling the Controllables
GAME CHANGERS
MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING
ATTITUDE
BODY LANGUAGE,
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
REACTING VS RESPONDING
Be aware of HOW you are SHOWING
UP. What do you look like? How are
you coming across? Are you helping or
hurting? An asset or a liability? Are
you in control, or does something or
someone else have control over you
and how you show up under pressure?

HELPING HURTING
 ENERGY
Where your attention goes,
energy flows!
What you focus on matters. If you
focus on negativity, that’s what you’ll
feel and that’s the version of you that
will show up. You are responsible for
the energy that you bring in to the
spaces that you walk in to. Whatever
you are bringing, others will FEEL IT.
So you gotta OWN IT.

HELPING HURTING
 EFFORT
Define your WHY.
Make sure you know WHY you are
doing what it is you are doing. WHO
are you doing it for? Would younger
you be proud of you? Will future you
be grateful for your work? Is current
you proud and grateful and excited to
do what you are doing?
If you don’t know, it’ll show.

HELPING HURTING
MINDSET
Your thoughts become your words
and your words become your actions.
It starts IN YOUR HEAD! Practice
talking to yourself more than you listen
to yourself. Use “I” statements to set
daily intentions. Make time to reflect
so you can refocus. Challenge your
thoughts so you and your brain can
grow together. “If it’s out of your
hands, get it out of your head”
HELPING HURTING
 SELF TALK STARTERS
I AM... I WILL...
confident believe in myself
happy work hard
inspired stay positive
smart
be kind to my mind
capable of handling
use positive self talk
whatever the day throws
at me respond to
prepared to do my best adversity and not
according to my standards react in a negative
not going to dwell on my way
mistakes rather learn from NOT allow anyone
them quick and move to define me by my
forward mistakes

I HAVE... I BELIEVE...
great skills in myself
support around me in my abilities
a smart mind in my growth
a lot to be grateful for in my teammates
prepared myself in myself and my
properly abilities
the ability to make I am capable of
myself proud performing at my
an opportunity to do highest level
great things I am prepared
worked hard for this I am ready
faith in myself

GAME CHANGERS
MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING
 MY SELF TALK
DON’T FORGET HOW POWERFUL THE
WORDS YOU CHOOSE TO USE CAN BE

I AM... I WILL...

I HAVE... I BELIEVE...

“Where your attention goes, energy flows”

GAME CHANGERS
MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING
 Take EVERYTHING out of your
head and put on to paper. NO
SPECIFIC ORDER. NO routine.
Anything and everything taking
up HEAD and HEART SPACE
goes on the page!

other people ASK YOURSELF:

(choose from
game outcomes
the following)
the weather
Is this something I have
equipment control over?

playing conditions Is it helping me or hurting me

to be focusing on this?
fans

Does this need the amount of

adults
attention I am giving it?
opposing team
Do I like how much power I
refs/umps have given this thing?

apparel/uniforms Do I like the version of me

that is currently showing up
“what ifs”
when dealing with this?
“worries”
Is this something I need to
frustrations worry about now, or can it
wait til later?
anxieties
Can I let this go?
to do list tasks
CROSS IT OFF
school work
If not, what do you want
negative thoughts to REPLACE it with?
“Controllables”
social media
 Create “controllabled responses” of what you would THO
rather do when facing uncontrollables, so you take
back the power and show up as the version of you
that you want to be when handling adversity!

Uncontrollables Controllables
Advocate for myself, face to face or via
How do you stay focused on text. Practice setting boundaries.
what you can control when you Understand where they are coming
have coaches, teammates, and from. Learn to COMMUNICATE when
other people constantly in your I’m feeling frustrated.

ear telling you things?

Focus on where else I can contribute

How to get away from the idea of to my team. Who else and what else
letting your team down when you can I put my attention on? Find a
are not performing your best word, phrase, something to say to
keep me focused on the task. Hone in
on where my own AEEM is currently
directed towards...

In times of feeling overwhelmed Find a hobby/positive distraction.

with all that goes on in life, what Learn about breath work and
meditation. Take a walk. Phone a
are a few ways you keep yourself
friend. Take a nap. Journal/speak to
grounded and focused on the someone to gain new perspectives.
activity at hand? BRAIN DUMP FROM COACH K!

Ask myself BRAIN DUMP questions

How do I get out of my head
that can help me and my brain move
when I have those anxious from subconscious to conscious
overwhelmed moments? activity. “I am safe”.

What are alternative ways to work I can look in to breath work and
through performance anxiety if meditations using apps/youtube. I can
search mental performance coaches
seeing a sports psychologist or
and on social and follow those who I
other professional is not possible resonate with. I can practice
(because it is expensive)? journaling and speaking to myself as I
would to a friend going through the
same thing...

Where your attention goes, energy flows!!