1. The Mental Training Zone

2. Is your MIND your greatest
asset or your greatest
weakness?

3. Turn it into your greatest asset

4. with the Mental Training Zone

5. • Gain confidence
• Find consistency
• Learn how to deal with Frustration
• Reduce pre-game anxiety
• Have fun playing your sport!

6. • You mind is like a muscle- it gets stronger
the more you train it
• To be successful athletes need both
physical AND mental training
• There are two types of mental skills
needed for success: hard and soft

7. You are here at the Zone
not to be good….. but to be
GREAT

8. What does Greatness Require?
1.mental skills hard (focus,
concentration)
2.Mental skills soft (relaxation)
3.physical skills (talent, hard work)

9. Physical skills
• Hard work
• talent

10. Mental skills
• Hard mental skills
• Soft mental skills

11. • Concentration, focus, mental toughness,
confidence, desire, will, intensity,
concentration

12. Soft mental skills
• Ability to relax
• Calmness under pressure
• Handle the ups and downs of athletics

13. That‟s what greatness requires.
So now the question remains….

14. Do you have a desire for
greatness?

15. Are you putting in the physical
work and not seeing the results
you want?

16. Do you have a nagging feeling
that you aren‟t playing to your
potential but can‟t figure out
why?

17. Are you willing to invest time
and energy into mental training
to optimize your potential?

18. If so, you‟ve come to the right place…..

19. At Positive Performance mental
training zone, we teach elite
athletes the mental skills
necessary for Greatness.

20. Because just like you train your
body
You must also train your
mind

21. Mental training
• Can have a huge impact with less than 10
minutes a day
• Will not only improve your performance,
but can positively impact the rest of your
life

22. It‟s time to start training your
mind just as you train your body

23. Starting with our BAVS mental
training process:

25. You will develop the
• Soft mental skills-alpha zone
• Hard mental skills-BRICS
Necessary for GREATNESS!

26. Hard mental skills

27. Soft mental skills

28. Key takeaways
• Your mind is like a _________- it gets
stronger the more you train it.

29. • Your mind is like a _________- it gets
stronger the more you train it

30. • There are two types of mental skills
needed for success: ________mental
skills and ________mental skills
•

31. Congratulations on completing
Unit 2
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32. Unit 3: Personal Vision

33. • What do you want?
• And
• Why haven‟t you achieved it yet?

34. Fear
“If you knew you could not fail, if success
were guaranteed, what would you work for?”

35. It‟s impossible (for me)
“Most of life’s failures are the people who
didn’t realize how close they were to
success when they gave up.” -Thomas
Edison

36. Other people‟s wants
• Society
• Friends
• family

37. • But what do you want?

38. Where do you see your life in 1
year?

39. Now fill in the details of that
vision
• Who is there with you?
• Where are you?
• How does it feel?
• Why is this important to you?

40. Personal vision
• Fill in the details
• Gives yourself barometer
• It‟s more real when you can „see‟ it

41. Key takeaways
• Your personal vision is based on what
(you, your parents, your friends) want.

42. • To be successful, your goals and visions
must be filled in with (details, extra work,
potential roadblocks)

43. • Goals are easier to achieve when you are
driven (internally, externally) to get them.

44. Congratulations on completing
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45. Unit 4
The MIND

46. Your mind is Powerful
• It can assist you in being successful
• Or it can ensure that you fail

47. • Thumbs up exercise video

48. KEY TAKEAWAYS
• The mind is (powerful, weak, just
average).

49. • (visualization, breathing, affirmations) can
help us by preparing our mind for success
with a picture.

50. • Mind training is like anything else, you
(improve, get worse, stay the same) over
time.

51. • *The mind is powerful!
• *The mind can be programmed for
success.
• *Visualizing expectations makes it easier
to achieve them physically.
• *The mind limits us initially unless we learn
how to use it to our advantage.

52. Congratulations on completing
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53. UNIT 5: THE MIND cont….
• What does the thumbs up exercise teach
us about our sport?

54. • Clutch exercise video photos etc.

55. • How many times were you successful?

56. Every time?
• Congratulations- you can use that power
to optimize every aspect of your life

57. If you weren‟t successful every
time, that‟s okay. Here at the
zone you‟ll learn why you
weren‟t, how your mind works
and what to do about it to
improve.

58. Why would we ever visualize
being unsuccessful?
• We have complete control over our mind
• If we can do something correct one time,
physically we should be able to visualize
doing it correctly 10 times, 100 times,
1000 times in a row.

59. Our self image
• Contains a picture, a blue print for our life
at what we are good at and what we aren‟t
good at.
• We can‟t consistently perform above or
beyond our self-image.

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61. UNIT 6
• The subconscious

62. • The subconscious brain is the most
powerful component to your success

63. The Mind

64. Conscious
• Your senses, your reality, brings in
information, judges, thinks logically,
understands verbal language, uses your
full attention

65. Subconscious
• Contains your ideas about about who you
are on the inside: your self-image.
• · It communicates in pictures or visuals
• · It doesn‟t understand verbal language
very well.
• ·

66. • Is great at tasks that you have practiced
and can now do automatically: riding a
bike, driving, playing your sport.
• · It is not logical; it doesn‟t argue or
weigh the pros and cons.
• · Its really good at doing the tasks it
knows
• · It doesn‟t like changes.
• · It wants to be correct all the time.

67. Critical factor
• Is the go-between for the conscious and
subconscious.
• · Ensures that the conscious and
subconscious agree and „see‟ the same
thing.
• · Sides with the subconscious to ensure
subconscious‟ self image is correct.

68. • Story about taylor and free throws audio

69. • 1st- (Conscious brain): collects the
information about the situation.(a game
winning free throw)

70. • 2nd- (Subconscious) The information is
bounced down to the subconscious in
milliseconds to his memory. Taylors brain
asks his subconscious “have I seen this
before?” Answer: yes.

71. • 3rd-(Subconscious) Evaluation: Taylors
brain asks “Am I good at this?” (i.e what is
my self-image) Answer: no, I failed before.

72. • 4th-(Critical Factor) When the information
about Taylor‟s self-image came back, his
critical factor works to make sure the
Subconscious is correct: that his
Performance reality matched up with his
subconscious self-image.

73. Performance Process
• (C) Current situation:
game winning.
• (SC) Memory: have I
seen this before?
• (SC) Evaluation: am I
good at this?
• (CF) Performance:
reality must match up
with self-image.

74. Attributes
• The SC is dominant
• The CF want you to act like YOU
• The CF makes sure SC & C match up
• The SC beliefs are not always accurate
• The SC beliefs are based on the past not on
potential
• Changing SC self image is possible

75. • Trying and wanting and working for
something is NOT enough
Because…..

76. • The subconscious wants what it wants: for
your current self image to stay the same,
regardless of what your conscious brain
wants, says or does.

77. The great news
• Is that with the zone training, your
subconscious self-image can be
programmed for success!

78. • The subconscious is very slow to change.
• T or F – The subconscious doesn‟t
understand verbal commands.

79. Key Takeaways
• T/F
• T or F – The conscious almost always
wins out over the subconscious brain.
• T or F – Your subconscious doesn‟t want
what is best for you; it wants what it has
had in the past.
• T or F – Your subconscious beliefs have
very little to do with your potential.

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82. UNIT 7: Belief in your purpose
This causes a strength or mental toughness
that is internal and personal.

83. • When everything else is taken away:
money, ego, success…. What is it that you
believe in? What higher purpose do you
have? What is the thing bigger than you
that you believe in?

84. • Great athletes have a strong belief in
purpose

85. What do you believe in?
• Family is first
• Working hard is important
• I sacrifice for the team
• myself when no one else does
• Independent of accolades, results, other
people, media

86. • One way to ensure your believe in your
purpose is to ignite your passion,
love,positive energy. If you don‟t have that
about your sport (or any other part of your
life) its difficult to go very far.

87. Passionate purpose
• Audio repeat
• worksheet

88. Congratulations on completing
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89. UNIT 8: bRics
• Resilience

90. • Ability to weather the ups and downs of
athletics
• Toughness to get back up and fight after
being knocked down

91. • All successful people have had to
overcome obstacles
• Every single one of them

92. Michael jordan commercial
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMio
J5szc&noredirect=1

93. resilience
• Not based on talent
• Not based on skill
• Not based on intelligence

94. • It‟s a decision

95. A decision to not allow quitting
to be an option

96. It isn‟t easier for other people
because
• Of smarts
• Of money
• Of beauty
• Of height, athletic ability, strength

97. • The only thing resilient people have in
common is this:
• The decided to keep going

98. • Resilience worksheet

99. How can you use this
information
• Replay using visualization the times in
your life you were resilient

100. Key takeaways
• Success isn‟t (easy, difficult, special) for
anyone, it always required resilience.

101. • You‟ve shown (resilience, stubbornness,
anger) before, so you can do it again.

102. • Resilience is a (decision, genetic trait,
easy for some)

103. Congratulations on completing
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104. UNIT 9: brIcs
• Internal Motivation

105. • Every great athlete is internally motivated

106. Best way to develop internal
motivation?
• Figure out what you truly want by turning
your personal vision into achievable goals.

107. Personal visions
• What we see in our future
• General or specific
• Achieved by accomplishing goals
• Realistic or a bit of a stretch

108. Goals
• Specific
• Measurable
• Can stand alone or be part of a personal
vision
• Long term is made up of short term goals

109. Vision to goals
• Worksheet

110. KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Visions can be general and more dream
like

111. • Goals are specific and measurable (you
know if you accomplished them or not)

112. • Visions and goals will help you be
internally motivated every day

113. UNIT 10: briCs
• Control

114. Think of all the things in your
sport that get in your way of
focusing on your best game:

115. • Referees
• Coaches
• Teammates
• Opponents
• Parents
• Friends
• media

116. • Playing time
• Mistakes
• Bad plays
• Injuries

117. • Think of how much energy you spend on
those things: frustration, anger,
concentration

118. • There are distractions all around you in
athletics.

119. • Great athletes learn to control what they
can control

120. • And let go of the rest

121. • They also use that extra energy (that used
to be wasted on things they couldn‟t
control) on the things they can control….

122. • Effort
• Attitude
• Focus
• Working hard
• Communication
• Proper preparation

123. • Great athletes spend their energy on what
they can control…. They let go of the rest.

124. • Control worksheet

125. Congratulations on completing
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127. Congratulations on completing
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128. UNIT 11:bricS
• Self-Belief

129. • Different than confidence in that it isn‟t
contigent on your abilities in one area.

130. Self belief is:
• Believing in yourself and your abilities,
judgment, and potential
• · Being aware of your strengths,
weaknesses
• · Trusting yourself to make good
decisions.
• · Trusting that even when things don‟t
go well, or mistakes are made, that you
can find success again.

131. • never holding back, always facing your
fears, freedom from self-doubt
• · The courage to give everything you
have -“Play so hard to win, that it hurts so
bad to lose.”
• Overcoming challenges and maintaining a
calm ability to problem solve.

132. Self belief is NOT:
• How many points you scored or how
fast or strong you are.
• Your awards or accolades.Where you are
from.
• · Based on looks/popularity.
• · Based on your good looking
boyfriend/girlfriend/friends.Based on race,
creed, sexual orientation, gender, etc.

133. Self belief is developed…
• Through the Zone Training
• Self discovery/self awareness
• · Taking actions to: face your fears,
push past your comfort zones, overcome
your limitations, confirm your skills and
abilities

134. • Confidence generates more confidence
(fake it till you make it)
• · Hard work
• Purposeful actions and goals

135. • Confidence is a result of working on your
self belief: a strong belief that regardless
of what situation you are in, you will rise to
the occasion

136. KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Self belief is based on (looks, money, hard
work)

137. • (money, fame, confidence) is a result of
developing self-belief

138. • Self belief is the strong conviction that no
matter what you can (fail, figure it out, quit)

139. • You have now been trained in our
exclusive BRICS training. You‟ve learned
about….

140. Brics
• The importance of believing in a purpose

141. bRics
• How resilience is developed.

142. brIcs
• How to use your vision and goals to
internally motivate yourself

143. briCs
• The ways to focus on what you can control
and let go of the things you cannot control.

144. bricS
• How to develop self belief so you have
confidence in all areas of your life.

145. Congratulations on completing
our BRICS training
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146. UNIT 12: Timeline

147. • The fastest way to find success is to have
a plan

148. • Our timeline is our plan, made up of our
vision and goals

149. Vision
• They are what we see in the future. They
can be specific goals (I want to be an All-
American) or they can be general (I want a
good career). They can also be dreams,
things that we maybe unwilling or unsure
about working towards but may become
specific goals in the future (i.e. I want to
play professionally/I want to coach). The
pathway to visions is made up of goals.

150. Goals
• They are specific and measurable. (ie. I
want to shoot 50% from the field)
• They can stand alone or be combined with
a vision.
• The pathway to achieving goals are
smaller, more achievable goals. (i.e. I will
shoot 500 shots a da

151. Timeline
• Fill out worksheet

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154. • STOPPPPPPPPPPPP

155. Self-Talk
• Self talk leads to…
SC Self-image which determines….
Individual performance
• The SC is like a computer

157. Self -Hypnosis
• Makes positive imprints on your
subconscious self-image (BRICS)
• Allows you to get into „Alpha Zone‟ more
easily

158. Breathing
• Close your eyes
• Breathe deeply
• 6 seconds in, 6 seconds out
• Gets you in alpha zone

159. Six Principles for Affirmations
• First person
• Present tense
• Positive
• Emotional
• Realistic for you
• *Confidential

160. Visualization
• Real vs. imaginary
• Change self-image
• Expand comfort zone
• Create expectations

161. Mental Performance Training
• BRICS
• ALPHA ZONE
• GOALS

164. Thank You
www.PositivePerformanceConsulting.com

165. Key Points

166. Your mind cares more about sanity
than it does about success

167. You have control over
programming your subconscious

168. We subconsciously attract or avoid
success

169. Your mind is far more powerful
than you believe

170. We have to act and behave
according to how we see
ourselves; change how you see
yourself….. And your life changes.

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