Gaining a Mental Edge & Goal Setting
Your mind is one of your greatest strengths in life and in wrestling. Below are a few tips on how to improve this aspect of your wrestling
Improve your Mental Preparations
Lots has been written here, so we won’t re-write it.
1st & most important --- be a good teammate & a coach-able athlete and individual on and off the mat
2nd, learn to enjoy the great sport of wrestling, including:
Some nice tips are found on the Wrestling Mindset website, including these two entries:
A good read on setting goals in wrestling comes from Matt Brown's story, mentioned here because:
1st & most important --- be a good teammate & a coach-able athlete and individual on and off the mat
2nd, learn to enjoy the great sport of wrestling, including:
- The butterflies (excitement) before the match
- Your coach barking at you in your corner
- The thrill of scoring on a tough opponent
- The rush of hitting one of your go-to moves
- The challenge of responding to your opponents’ scores or attacks
- Knowing you have teammates to back you up before and after matches
- Backing up your brothers and sisters when they compete
- Improving after a loss
- Working hard in the wrestling room
Some nice tips are found on the Wrestling Mindset website, including these two entries:
- 10 Ways to Build Confidence: http://www.wrestlingmindset.com/blog/10-ways-to-build-confidence-on-the-mat
- 10 Mental Mistakes to avoid: http://www.wrestlingmindset.com/blog/top-10-mental-mistakes-a-wrestler-can-make-by-travis-paulson
A good read on setting goals in wrestling comes from Matt Brown's story, mentioned here because:
- He's a local kid from Cyprus High
- It's an easy read, even for younger wrestlers
- It talks about how wrestling is a family sport
- It walks through the ups and downs of life and wrestling
Set Your Sights High
Where do you want to be at the end of next season?
Think about it:
Almost nothing happens exactly as a you plan it, but aiming high will help you get as close as possible to your goals and to be satisfied with your effort at the end of the season.
You can find tons of websites that teach people how to set goals.
Here are some links with specific tips for setting goals for your upcoming wrestling season:
- If you think you can make Varsity or are a top JV wrestler --- why not make it to state?
- If you think you can make it state --- why not stand on the podium?
- If you think you can place at state --- why not be in the finals?
- Is this your first time at JV State --- why shouldn’t you stand on the podium?
Think about it:
- If you’re training just to wrestle, what does your training look like?
- How does your training change if you are training to ...
- place at state, or
- to be in the finals of the state tournament, or
- to place or win the JV State Tournament ?
Almost nothing happens exactly as a you plan it, but aiming high will help you get as close as possible to your goals and to be satisfied with your effort at the end of the season.
You can find tons of websites that teach people how to set goals.
Here are some links with specific tips for setting goals for your upcoming wrestling season:
