Noel Brick - The Genius of Athletes: What World-Class Competitors Know That Can Change Your Life

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A

accomplishment and self-confidence,

adaptation,

avoiding overthinking for,

control mapping for,

not thinking enough vs. thinking too much,

for reacting to bad outcomes,

resilience for managing surprises,

self-talk and reframing for,

short-term goals for unpredictable situations,

Ahead of the Game,

alcohol. See substance abuse

Ali, Muhammad,

All Black (New Zealand rugby team)

emotion regulation by,

fear of failure and,

goals of,

success road map of,

amygdala,

Andreescu, Bianca,

anxiety, responding to. See emotion regulation

Asher-Smith, Dina,

associative strategy

distraction (tuning out) vs.,

importance of tuning in and,

nature and,

as thinking about thinking,

athletes. See also goal attainment; psychological techniques; individual names of athletes

cognitive tools used by,

exercise momentum of,

genius of,

on-track strategies of coaches for,

pain threshold of,

prehab strategy for,

VO max of,

B

ball-in-a-pool metaphor,

Bandura, Albert,

Bangor University (Wales),

Begay, Alvina,

behavior change. See also goal attainment

habit change and,

for self-confidence,

for self-talk,

Biles, Simone,

Boe, Johannes Thingnes,

Boit, Josphat,

Born to Run (McDougall),

Boston Marathon. See Keflezighi, Meb

Bowman, Bob,

brain. See also emotion regulation

amygdala,

mindfulness training for,

natural settings and effect on,

prefrontal cortex,

red and blue systems of,

breathing strategies. See relaxation strategies

Brick, Holly,

Brick, Noel

career of,

focus/concentration study by,

focus of,

grounding technique taught by,

if-then planning by,

on psychological tools of elite athletes,

running by,

strengths-profiling exercise used by,

study of athletes goals,

support crew of,

Bryant, Kobe,

Burka, Gelete,

C

cell phone use,

centering (breathing technique),

challenge/skill balance,

Chambliss, Daniel,

Chebet, Wilson,

Cheruiyot, Vivian,

choking under pressure,

chunking

of goals,

self-talk about,

Clay, Cassius. See Ali, Muhammad

clutch,

Cobb, Randall,

commitments, balancing,

concentration. See focus and concentration

confidence, defined, . See also self-confidence

conscientiousness and procrastination,

control. See also adaptation

control mapping,

focus on control tool,

procrastination and self-control,

for self-confidence,

self-confidence and importance of,

self-control and momentum,

cost-benefit analysis (decisional balance),

Court, Margaret,

COVID pandemic, coping with. See Begay, Alvina

Cramp, Stacey,

crossbar, touchlines, crossbar mantra,

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly,

cues

IMPACT approach for,

for inspirational self-talk,

recognizing,

Cumming, Jennifer,

D

Davydenko, Nikolay,

daydreaming

emotion regulation and,

goals and,

decisional balance,

decision making under pressure,

diaries. See journaling

Diggins, Jessie,

disappointment, reacting to,

distancing,

distraction (tuning out),

Djokovic, Novak,

DNF (did not finish),

dont just think it, ink it tool, . See also journaling

Douglas, Scott,

drugs. See substance abuse

E

effort, perceived. See perceived effort and perseverance

emotion regulation,

breathing and relaxation strategies for,

daydreaming and,

fight-or-flight response,

5-4-3-2-1 grounding strategy for,

freeze response,

harmful responses to emotions,

healthy negative emotions,

for hopeful outlook,

importance of,

labeling emotions for,

for making decisions under pressure,

progressive muscular relaxation (PMR) for,

re-appraisal strategy for,

red and blue systems of brain for,

self-confidence and interpretation of emotion,

suppression of emotions and,

using variety of strategies for,

writing (journaling) strategy for,

Endurance Performance in Sport (McCormick & Hatzigeorgiadis),

energy, emotion and,

Evans, Ceri,

exercise momentum for non-athletes,

exercises. See also journaling

centering (breathing technique),

chunking of goals,

control mapping,

grounding strategy (5-4-3-2-1),

IMPACT approach (identify, match, practice, ascertain, create, train),

make it a habit,

Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach,

progressive muscular relaxation (PMR),

reappraisal for emotion regulation,

Stop and Take a BrThRR (stop, breathe, think, respond, review) strategy,

strengths-profiling,

systematic desensitization,

experience

for future success,

learning from experience of others,

recalling past mastery,

recognizing ones accomplishments,

resilience of athletes and,

F

fatigue

self-talk for fatigue,

sleep deprivation,

fear of failure,

expectations and,

perceived threats and,

psychological support for,

public speaking and,

feelings. See emotion regulation

Felix, Allyson,

fight-or-flight response,

finish strong,

focus for,

future success and,

mantras (self-talk) for,

premature celebration and,

first-person inner monologue construction,

5-4-3-2-1 grounding strategy,

Five-Step Career Planning Strategy (5-SCP),

Fletcher, David,

flow,

focus and concentration,

associative strategy for,

clutch and,

combining actions with thinking while under pressure,

developing,

for finishing strong,

flow and,

Focus, focus, focus. Technique, technique, technique (mantra),

focusing on gratitude,

focus on control tool,

focus on goals,

for grounding technique and emotion regulation,

intensity of,

mindfulness and,

rational thinking and emotions,

for response to perceived threats,

as routine,

trigger words/phrases for,

Foley, Rosie,

Foreman, George,

Frazier, Joe,

freeze response,

G

Gebrselassie, Haile,

genius of athletes. See also athletes

learning to use cognitive tools,

resilience as,

using experience for future success,

Girls on the Run,

goal attainment, . See also goals (setting and striving tools)

adapting on the go and avoiding overthinking, (See also adaptation)

for finishing strong, (See also finish strong)

maintaining momentum for, (See also momentum)

overcoming desire to quit, (See also quitting)

overcoming fear of failure for, (See also fear of failure)

responding to difficult situations for, (See also perceived effort and perseverance)

success in, (See also success road map)

goals (setting and striving tools),

achieving,

chunking of,

disengaging from,

flexibility of,

flow and challenge/skill balance,

focusing on,

goals (continued)

if-then planning and,

immediacy of short-term goals,

learning goals,

long-term goals and focus,

long-term goals as substitute chases,

making habits of,

mastery goals, (