It’s the foundation for learning and improving.
It’s perhaps the single most important factor in one’s overall success.
It’s also the first topic that I teach in all my psychological skills coaching programs.
Specifically, the Growth Mindset contributes to…
- greater effort even in areas where he or she is lacking
- the ability to bounce back from setbacks
- increased confidence
It would be so much easier to coach an athlete with these qualities isn’t it?
So why aren’t we teaching our athletes about Mindset?
“Coaches have the misunderstanding that Mindset has to be taught at the expense of valuable practice time.” Coach Hansen
Unfortunately, a handful of coaches still feel that mindset or resilience is something that you either have or don’t, and that it cannot be taught.
However, most coaches do not teach mindset because they either do not know how to, or because they assume that teaching Mindset would be at the expense of valuable practice time.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the teaching of mindset or any psychological skills should be put into context and integrated into the teaching of technical and tactical skills whenever possible. Instead of taking away valuable practice time, it helps the athlete to learn more effectively.
My intention for writing this two-part blog post is to share how we can integrate the teaching of Mindset into our coaching practices.
Continue reading “Mindset First (1 of 2)” →
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