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The Goodness of Tension

By Robert W.H. Price, LCPC, LPC, NCC | May 11, 2021

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Every sport is beginning to look at how to build Mental Toughness and make sure their athletes are resilient. Commentators mention it much more than just a few years ago no matter what you are watching. Well, I’m here to answer the BIG questions when it comes to mental toughness and resilience and what impact mental training truly has on your athlete’s performance.  Let’s go on the Journey together!!!

Anxiety

We are all different with how we respond to tension and stress.  The key is to find out what that looks like for you.  Some of us get increased muscle tension in our necks and shoulders and other in our backs and legs.  It becomes critical to assess the basic attentional and physical skills required for a certain level of performance.  Often times we believe that mistakes are related to faulty technique alone rather than the impact of anxiety on the technique itself.  Below are the general areas that we should assess when we want to learn more about our anxiety and where it comes from.

Performance Skills

Mental Process

Muscle Tension

Physiological Responses

Today’s Journey Forward?

If you’ve identified that anxiety is interfering with your performance than I recommend you work with your local Mental Performance Coach or contact me if you would like to take a more formal assessment that will target your area and get you a plan to get you moving toward being consistently great…!

The Mental Mystery: SOLVED

For decades, the mystery of peak performance was unsolved. Coaches, athletes, trainers wanted to know…

  • Why do some athletes reach their potential and others don’t?
  • Why do some athletes crave challenges and others shy away?
  • Why do some athletes crumble under pressure while others thrive?
  • Why do some athletes bounce back from failure and others implode?

Special Invitation

Do you want to know more about the mental game? Do your athletes struggle mentally? Do your athletes need to improve their mental game? Do you want to know how to help your athletes build mental toughness? Do you want tangible tools to help you coach the mental game?

If you answered YES! to any of those questions, then I invite you to check out a FREE ASSESSMENT on my website (www.elitemindsllc.com).  After your completion and results received you will receive an invitation to Join the Mindset of Champion Mindset Monthly Group. 

Robert Price is the owner of Elite Minds, LLC is a mental performance consulting service that promotes professionals exceeding their potential in every field of human endeavor. This is accomplished through proven mental skill techniques that will lead the professional to more consistent performances even in the face of adversity. We understand how to get the brain and body working together as a team. Robert W.H. Price founded Elite Minds in 2000 as a graduate student and has created successful inroads since for hundreds of clients.  He is an expert applying specific mental skills and techniques that cultivate the mental and emotional strength necessary to thrive in an era of overwhelming demands and persistent conflict.

Elite Minds has worked with a wide variety of clients in various settings. We’ve improved performance with Soldiers, NBA, NFL, USL, PGA, NCAA athletes, Junior Golf, gymnasts, hockey players, lacrosse, ice skating, field hockey, track, and many other recreational athletes.

Their most recent work has been with United States Army, United States Air Force, Savannah Golf Club, Ford Plantation Club, Crosswinds Golf Club, Sea Pines Resort Wellness Retreats, TEST Sports Clubs, TEST Football Academy, Athletes Edge, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, New Jersey Nets, Performance Lacrosse, Montgomery County Department of Recreation, Contributing Television Guest on Capitol Golf Weekly, Advanced Spine and Wellness Center, and Expert Guest on the John Thompson and Rick ‘Doc’ Walker Radio show on ESPN 980. Specifically, Mr. Price, has been employed as a Sport Psychology Consultant for Career Consultants, Inc. and Pro Sports Consultants, LLC.

Robert Price has received Master’s degrees from both University of Maryland in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology and Johns Hopkins University in Clinical Community Counseling. Mr. Price also holds a bachelor’s degree from Hampton University, where he majored in Psychology and Learning Behavior Disorders. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh prior to transferring to Hampton University. He is a licensed clinical professional counselor in the states of Maryland and Georgia and is also a National Certified Counselor granted by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc.

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