MENTAL TRAINING
Mental training includes mental and psycho-emotional focus on your actions or on anything that you do (your strategy, plan, or sports form). Action is what you are training for, developing specific energy, neuro-muscular and psychological pathways and patterns according to your racing requirements and needs. Reaction is your response on somebody's action. It's an emergency recruitment of your energy, muscles, psychological system out of your trained systems. It involves additional energy use and destructs your regulatory system. You should protect your mind and inner systems from any destructive influence from outside, forcing you to: - underestimate your own ability;...
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM TO PERFORM YOUR BEST
The psychological freedom to perform at a higher level rests within all of us, but as human beings we habitually place limits on that freedom. Given the reality of life, your psychological freedom is your ability to minimize the effect of the natural limitations and rise to your highest level. To do so, you must consciously work on developing your mind-set and psyche for running. But most importantly, you must work on your running technique. Belief in your technique gives you the confidence to move past your limitations and explore your true potential. As you move forward with your development...
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