Burn out & the impact on temporary or early retirement
The aspect of mental health is gaining more and more prominence and importance in sport. Lately, athletes, coaches, psychologists and the media have been expressing the possible affectation of the mental health of athletes, due to a great variety of pressure factors and demands of the competition.
THERE IS NO TIME TO LOSE
Djokovic is asked in an interview about what goes through his head, he maintains that our mind likes to travel between the past, present and future all the time. Thinking about what would have happened, imagining possible scenarios... He even believes that the constancy of thought, the fact of not thinking about it, and staying in the here and now, is not even possible.
CONCENTRATION AS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Once the knowledge base and technical skills necessary to succeed in a highly competitive sport have been developed, what determines success or failure? Is there an ability to achieve such consistency, maintain at the top of success. The answer is believed to be simple. When an athlete has good physical preparation and his or her technical and tactical skills are good, attentional skills are vital to obtaining a good sporting performance as well as enjoying the execution of the task. The best levels of performance are achieved when athletes are in a zone of optimal energy characterized by attention being fully directed to the process of performance and nothing else.
Andy Murray and his last performance at the Australian Open 2023
Andy Murray at AUSOPEN23
Athletes... What's going on? When mental health also comes into play.
It all begins with an idea.
MENTAL POINT: born as a dream, to fulfill a need.
It all begins with an idea.