Question:
"I wonder if you could give me some advise. I have a K1 style kickboxing fight soon. I am struggling to get motivated for it. I have had 2 fights in the last 2 years. I lost both, I know I'm a much better fighter now, but can you give me any idea about how to get my mind right?"
Answer:
Hmm, interesting question - mental attitude certainly makes a huge difference! The good news I suppose is that this can be trained. In fact, in the Eastern system the development of sports specific skills is accomplished with the specific training and also without doing any training at all! In order to increase familiarity with the specific moves, combinations and positions used in the sport, visualisation is used extensively to effectively train the nervous system to perform as required, whilst minimising the stress on the muscular system. This type of visualisation needs to be very clear in order to work correctly though, you should get adrenaline rushes and all the things that are standard with the actual performance, but visualise yourself calm and in control.
Here is a quote from Supertraining about training 'bad' positions in order to improve confidence -
| All round sports training must include the capability for coping with unexpected and sub-optimal conditions. In certain sports where [..] unexpected situations often occur, such as martial arts, [...] participants are taught how cope with events that can have serious consequences. This type of preperation needs to be adopted far more extensively in all sports so that the athlete is able to anticipate threatening situations, react much more rapidly to unexpected circumstances, take action to avoid or minimise injury and cope with sub-optimal conditions by practising with imperfectly executed movements. |
I would also suggest reading 'Goals' by Brian Tracy - this is not a book specific to sport, but goes into detail about mindset and goal setting. I think everyone should read this book!
Click here for 'Goals' by Brian Tracy at Amazon.co.uk
Hopefully that helps a bit,
Alex.
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