“If you can dream of something, you can do it too,” Walt Disney used to say. And although we usually associate it with fairy tales, this sentence very well reflects the idea of mental training. It is based on imagination, although it is much more than a daydream or daydreaming. It is in our imagination…
Sports psychology is a science that focuses on working on improving sports achievements and the personal development of people practicing sport both professionally and amateur.
Many studies show that people who engage in regular physical activity feel better and experience lower mood less frequently. For some reason, however, we encounter anxiety and depressive symptoms more and more often among people practicing sports, both amateur and professional. It turns out that the same activity that can have a wonderful impact on…
Our self-confidence, experience and skillful goal setting have a huge impact on the level of stress. Mental training is as important and engaging as running itself. However, if we combine these elements, the effects will be spectacular.
An athlete can train by doing speed, endurance, and strength exercises – generally related to the body. In addition, in various sports, he or she performs tactical or strategic training, but there is another type of training – mental one.
In the early 1900s, researchers observed that runners, who ‘only’ thought about running during the study, had activated the same muscles that were responsible for the movement. Today we know that visualization can be used to improve results, acquire new technical skills and improve the acquired ones. It can also maintain motivation, thanks to which…