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The Self Talk of the Shooter - Part Two

(The Self Talk...continue)

Recognizing that you have made a mistake even during training is a very important thing. Never failing leads to not developing the fear of failure: those who never run the risk of making mistakes it does not learn to face such fear.
All this is part of the psychological training.

Difference in mental attitude between training and competition:
Competition
   - prediction on results
   - no chance to repeat a bad shot
Training
   - no prediction on results
   - repetition of bad shots

However, training should not be limited only to the "prediction of the result" or the "condition of not repeat bad shots ": to improve the technique it is in fact necessary to have the possibility to shoot freely!

As we are already doing, after a general training, use modules that include series of shots to reach a certain score, but also reaching them in a certain time, is very useful.
The fact of always ending a training with a positive experience does not find unanimous approval. Sometimes it can also be useful to end with a negative experience, to allow time for the athlete to reflect and analyze the mistakes made, and see if upon returning he has acquired greater determination to try to improve.
Our goal is to learn strategies that make us stable and able to develop real potential. A psychological and mental training is not able to make an elephant out of a mouse, but it is intended to provide the possibility to the individual to always do what he knows how to do, to perform at 100% in all circumstances.

During training, the shooter constructs clearly different images of himself and the situation from those he creates during the competition.
The main change from training to competition does not therefore take place in the physical field (material, equipment, state of health) but occurs in mental functions.
We are then talking about processes that develop in the psyche as any physical movement or action it directly depends on mental processing and on the information that the brain perceives and processes. Let's think, for example, of the problem of stress: it is always a consequence of the processing of information, it does not arise directly from situations. Stress arises only after the human mind has assessed the situation and has it considered risky or dangerous.

Focus only on yourself both in training and in competition:
- Opponents do not exist
- Don't worry about what's around us
- Your performance must be performed to the best of your ability

Those who want their actions and movements to be efficient must ensure that their mental processes are equally efficient.

The analogy of the car and man, well represents what is meant: the gearbox represents what happens in the psyche, the engine instead represents movements and individual actions. If the two systems are not synchronized there will certainly be disturbances, inconsistencies, just like in the gears of cars that are subject to strong friction.

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