Sports Psych

Failure is simple: it's messing up. All though it is discouraging, it's important to remember that can help you grow. 

Learning about this helped me to stop looking at myself as a failure when I mess up, and actually helped me improve. 

1. Take breaks 2. Reflect on why you've failed 3. View failure as something that can help

Being mindful means awareness or acceptance of the present moment.

This topic is important to me because it helps me to be happier and lessen my anxiety. 

1. Know that negative thoughts are normal 2. Observe, don't judge 3. Use meditation

Looking back on a past event(s) in order to improve. It's important to me because it's helped me to quickly improve. 

The 3-2-1 method! 3 things done well, 2 things that could be improved, and 1 thing that will be done differently. 

1. Think about what you did behind each thing 2. Talk about it 3. Write it down

Breathing in for 4 seconds and breathing out for 4 seconds. It helps to calm anxiety and bring you back to rational thinking. 

This topic is important to me because it helps me to sleep and helps to calm my racing thoughts. 

1. Breath in through your diaphragm, not your chest 2. Breath slowly 3. Breath in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Sleeping is when your body rests and rejuvenates for the night. 

I'm someone that really likes to sleep, but can't sleep very well. This unit helped me to improve my sleeping quality, so I really liked it. 

1. Avoid caffeine at least 5 hours before bed 2. The room should be quiet, though white noise is allowed 3. The room should be cool (62 - 67 degrees)

Moving forward, I will use most everything I have learned in sports psychology. I'll definitely continue to use what I learned about sleep. During the sleep project, when I darkened my room and set a more structured bedtime routine, my sleep improved. Therefore, I'll definitely be using these tactics in the future. The unit on failure really helped as well. I've always been prone to feeling like a mess up when I fail, so it helps me to realize that it's part of the path and that it'll help me to improve even more. Another topic that really helped me as well was reflection. I started applying this to drawing and piano. I recorded myself playing, and it definitely helped to boost my confidence and to quickly improve. For example, I improved faster on dynamics or accenting specific notes. 