http://active.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/mental.jpgSo how does someone get mentally prepared for competition? When should they concentrate? How does an athlete strike a balance between relaxing and thinking about the results they want to achieve?
It???s different for everyone. Some athletes need to focus in an intense manner before they compete, while others don't want to think about anything related to their competition. However, everyone should have a consistent plan that they use on a regular basis.
Active Team Sports : March 07, 2007
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I remember watching Rulon Gardner win the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics against all odds. His victory was one of the greatest upsets in
Olympic history. He handed three-time Olympic champion Aleksandr Karelin of Russia the only defeat of his 13-year
international career, winning by 1-0 in the gold medal match of the
Greco-Roman superheavyweight division.
When I read that the small plane Gardner was flying in hit the water in a remote part of Lake Powell in southern Utah recently, I had confidence he could beat the odds again. In addition to his Olympic underdog success, he had already survived two accidents. In 2002, he had to have a toe amputated because of frostbite after he was stranded in the wilderness overnight while snowmobiling in Wyoming; two years later, he was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle in Colorado Springs.
