Key lesson concepts:

• Mindset shapes behavior and outlook on life
• Preparation is more than just sport-specific technical skills
• Individuals and teams can a mindset for success

Video contains:

• 6 minutes of teaching
• 10 minutes of activities

Below you have two worksheets to aid you in the basic concepts of mental performance. You can download the resource to print or edit the PDF directly using a PDF editor on a computer.

Worksheet 1 is meant to be filled out along with the video.

Worksheet 2 is something you can do on your own or with your team. This is a great worksheet to think through the things you want to build and where you want to fix parts of your program. Pay special attention to the time component of Worksheet 2. This time constraint forces specificity. You want to build team chemistry? Okay, how do you do that in 14 minutes and 28 seconds a day (1% of your day...getting 1% better every day)? How about having each teammate reach out one other teammate a week via FaceTime and asking about anything other than their sport? That's some building of team chemistry right there.

Lesson Summary

Key lesson concepts:

• Mindset shapes behavior and outlook on life
• Preparation is more than just sport-specific technical skills
• Individuals and teams can have a mindset for success

Video content breakdown:

• 6 minutes of teaching
• 10 minutes of activities

The video emphasizes the importance of mental performance and its impact on individual and team success. It mentions that a focus solely on technical training overlooks other crucial aspects necessary for high performance.

Here are some key concepts discussed:

• Mental performance aims to train individuals on the mental aspects of the game
• The importance of building a mindset for success through mental skills
• Terms like metacognition, neuroplasticity, and entropy are explained

The video's message encourages individuals to proactively build mental skills akin to preparing for a storm by constructing a shelter before it arrives, using a "build-it" rather than a "fix-it" model. It suggests that thinking patterns and mental strength significantly influence performance outcomes.

The video includes worksheets for viewers to reflect on their mental, physical, technical, tactical, and cultural focus areas, determine time allocation for each, and plan steps to enhance growth in these areas. It prompts viewers to consider what they want to build versus fix and to take specific actions for improvement.