PCA SF Bay Area
Bringing the power of positive to youth and high school sports in the San Francisco Bay Area through resources that develop BETTER ATHLETES, BETTER PEOPLE.
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Mistakes Ritual
To help recover from mistakes, athletes should physical gestures, called mistake rituals, to allow them to quickly refocus on the most important play – the next one. Over time, you can develop a mental toughness to bounce back from mistakes, which also gives the confidence to compete aggressively on every play. To adopt a different mindset about mistakes, see the resources below.
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According to Dave St. Peter, baseball is a game of failure, but that doesn't mean you can't learn to succeed.
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As basketball is such a mistake-prone game, Kings Coach Jesse Mermuys argues that for coaches, "less is more"
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If parents just enjoy watching their kid from the stands, their kid performs better and makes fewer mistakes.
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When athletes make mistakes, Mermuys chooses to lead with a positive before following up with a correction.
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A D1 Hockey Coach explains that it's what you learn after you know it all that makes the biggest difference.
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A Mistake Ritual helps youth athletes to let go of their mistakes and stay ready for the next action.
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This article explains methods for moving past mistakes and focusing on the next needed action.
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This article by PCA Trainer Roch King can help coaches, athletes and teams past their mistakes.
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Tom Grilk explains how former Hockey Legend Ray Bourque used empathy to help his son move on from mistakes.
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NCAA's Executive VP of Regulatory Affairs, Oliver Luck, discusses how to coach athletes past mistakes.