Flow

Flow in meditation

Poise

Task-focused attention

Get ready to get uncomfortable!! WOOHOO!!

Goals

• NOT to reduce anxiety
• To refocus from internal states to task
• To experience this during discomfort

Stage 1

Listen, 2-minutes. Recall as many details below as you remember. Recount what other things you were aware of (internal / external).

Stage 2

Gaze into each other's eyes...

Listen, 2-minutes. Recall as many details as you remember. Recount what other things you were aware of (internal / external).

Final Stage

Quickly replay a stressful upcoming (or past) performance event in detail.

Listen, 2-minutes. Recall as many details to your partner as you remember. Recount what other things you were aware of (internal / external).

Recap

Value-driven Performance

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

"Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!

"There’s not a defining moment, because every moment defines us.

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Exposure

Identify a task

Plan to approach it for success

Develop your "lean"

It's not about motivation. It's about courage and exploration.

Building a system

Based on trust

Based on forgiveness

Act in a manner that is effective. Pursues goals and values. Leans into the pain. And is opposite to avoidance.

Make a list.

Start with the small.

Sport Mindfulness

Task-focused Attention

• Write a learning log or journal after important meetings/ moments. What do you remember?
• Set aside a few minutes and watch 2 minutes of a vod mindfully. Recall as many details as possible. Describe the frequency of random thoughts and distractions.

Goal is to enhance focus and concentration.

NOT to eliminate random thoughts and emotions, but to act despite them.

Common Problems

Rigid behaviors

• Understand the root of the issue
• Start small
• Improve mindfull awareness

Performance values?

• Who am I as an athlete?
• What is my way of being? My mission?
• Flexible, and changing.
• Do the quiet work necessary to bring this into clarity.