The Psychology of Endurance Sport
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Drew Brannon, Ph.D., CC-AASP
The Lowdergroup
The Role of Sport Psychology for the Endurance Athlete
The Psychology of the Endurance Athlete Lifestyle
Psychology of Peak Performance
Mental Hurdles
Next Steps
Where does it fit?
How can it help?
If the sport is “so mental,” why don’t we work on it or
consider it more (Grand-Maison, 2004)?
Relying on self-report data
Few (if any) funding sources
Outcome variables difficult to measure
Limited interest by researchers/current faculty
High need for control (works for and
against)
Driven or rigid?
Life-balance needs (periodization)
Social benefit/social cost
Perfectionistic tendencies
Self-monitoring – solitary training can hide many
things
Accountability – use others for more than just pace
Motivation – listen to your internal barometer
Stress reliever? Source of stress?
How do you define success?
Too narrow?
How do you handle adversity?
Have you personalized your mental
approach?
Are your expectations realistic?
No history, no future (in the
moment)
Laying the foundation
Mission Statement
Trigger statements
Is it who you are?
If you saw yourself on tape?
In your face
No impact without contact
Ink it, don’t think it
Pain
Focus (on what?)
Pre-race anxiety
Comparisons
Worries
Injury
Yerkes-Dodson, 1908
Proper perspective on it
Imagery
Breathing exercises
Self-talk
Controllable
Uncontrollable
Effort
Competitors
Intensity
Bike problems
Focus
Weather
Perspective
“Bad day”
Physical Prep
Wave start
Mental Prep
Cramps
Confidence
Motivation
Self-talk
Intensity
Focus
Good performance
Importance
Difficulty
Conditions
Thoughts (before/during)
Emotions (before/during)
Physical Feelings
Poor Performance
Breathing
1 to 2 Ratio
Imagery (Murphy, 2005)
See it, feel it, live it
Yoga
Progressive muscle relaxation
“Go to” music
Triggers
“I’ve done the work, today’s my day.”
“My race, my goal.”
Imagery
See that moment, feel that moment
Perspective
“Control what I can control.”
Where do you go from here when it happens?
Do you expect to always be “on?”
Growth opportunities
Motivators
Do we assess and grow when things go well?
Create your “race day plan”
Imagery
Self talk
Goals
Internal drive
Assessment
Putting the plan
together
Executing the plan
Evaluating the plan
Goal
What
When
Increase motivation
Set goals
Every Monday
Grow confidence
Develop positive self-talk
Prior to/following races
and/or training
Improve focus ability
Create triggers
During weekly track
workout
Handle pain better
Use trigger response
During interval workouts
The Power of Full Engagement (Loehr)
Inner Strength (Vernacchia)
The Triathlete’s Guide to Mental Training (Taylor)
Golf if not a Game of Perfect (Rotella)
Drew Brannon, Ph.D., CC-AASP
The Lowdergroup
86 Villa Road, Suite B
Greenville, SC 29615
p: 864.239.4110
[email protected]