Coaching Skills: The mental game
Understand how to coach the ‘mental game’ by investigating and managing the impact of fear, flow and focus on performance, enhancing athletes’ mental fitness and fostering a positive, empowering team culture.
What you'll learn
- Understand how mental fitness and the ‘mental game’ affect athlete performance
- Identify and manage B-factors (off‑field distractions and conditions) that impact performance
- Apply frameworks, principles and strategies to improve athletes’ mental fitness and get them into the ‘zone’
- Promote a positive, empowering team culture using servant leadership and athlete‑centred approaches
- Reflect on and apply mental‑game coaching skills in both business and sports coaching contexts
Skills you'll gain
- Explain how mental fitness and the mental game influence performance
- Use frameworks and strategies to enhance players’ A‑game and manage B‑factors
- Support athletes in achieving and sustaining the ‘zone’ during performance
- Create and maintain a positive, empowering team culture
- Apply servant leadership and athlete‑centred approaches in coaching practice
- Reflect on and improve your own coaching practice in sport or business contexts
Prerequisites
- • General interest or experience in coaching, sport, or team leadership
Who this course is for
- → Sports coaches wanting to improve athletes’ mental performance
- → Business or team leaders interested in applying coaching principles to performance and mindset
- → Anyone interested in understanding and coaching the mental side of performance
Provider
FutureLearn
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