What makes one successful and one fail in sports

Posted on October 27, 2009
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Sports and succeeding in it is a funny thing.You can have someone who is a fine athlete yet can’t succeed.Then you might have someone who is average at best yet becomes super successful.At first look it doesn’t seem explainable.  But upon a closer look you see the main reason for success and failure has been the mind.But what is the reasons for that?In this article we are going to examine it a little closer.

So how come the mind is so important in sports?  As a San Diego sports psychologist I have been priveleged to see first hand why this is so.First thing you have to realize, the stereotype that thinks of athletes as dumb is far from the truth.Athletes are really some of the smartest people around.  And the most successful ones use are successful because they know how to use the mind.

Funny thing a lot of athletes come in needing my anger management San Diego practice.  Most of the time this anger stems from their failures in sports.  But what I am able to do is turn them around.The way to really help them is to show them how failure begins within the mind.By being able to use their mind more effectively, they can have great success.It has been shown to be true over and over again.

Once the athlete is truly able to understand the power their mind has they can achieve success.  Most of the time they can achieve tremendous success.It is similar to how things are in life generally.The mind plays such a big role in the actions and results.I take notice of this not just with athletes but also see it in families.  The San Diego family therapist practice I run I have used some of the same principles to help families achieve success.  Success in overcoming whatever family struggles they may be having.In life as well as in sports the key to most things is your mind.

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