Understanding the Basics

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.

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