Mental Game - How Can I Reach Peak Performance?

How Can I Reach Peak Performance?

All athletes have the potential to become peak performers but you must be willing to commit to the “P’s.”

1. Plan – You can have a vision but you can’t accomplish your objective without a plan. Winning a Floorball match requires a detailed training plan for the team. A plan gives you the specifics on what you need to do to perform at your peak.

2. Prepare – A plan only works if you act on your plan. If you want to score every match and you decided to take 30 minutes of extra shooting practice 3 times a week to work on your shots.

3. Process – Focus on what you need to do in the moment. Don’t concern yourself with previous falls, past mistakes and unsuccessful attempts. Today is a new day with new opportunities to grow your game. You can only be productive in the present. Peak performance requires a “current events” focus.

4. Positive – Maintaining a positive outlook helps you persevere through tough times and overcome the everyday challenges needed to grow your game. Peak performers have faith that the right results will come if they are doing the right things.

5. Push – Go the extra mile and move out of your comfort zone. If you want to perform at your peak, you need to work both hard and smart.

As tennis legend Billie Jean King once said, “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” Let nothing stop you… Let nothing deter you, keep climbing towards that peak.

Here’s how you do it:

Make the right choice every day. “Do I want to be a peak performer or a bleak performer?” Then you need to be willing to make sure that your actions match your desire.

When training gets hard, keep asking yourself that question. When you make a mistake, ask yourself that question. Remember being a peak performer is not a once-in-a-while proposition.

You can have results or you can have your excuses. You cannot have both.