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Positive mental attitude
January 29, 2014
1:53 pm
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BobWebster
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I'm looking for help from some coaches. I have an extremely talented teenager (male) who has an excellent all round, attacking game. He has one major issue though; he “loses it” on court. He'll make a silly mistake, smashes an easy kill into the net as an example and then his head goes down, whacks his racket against his leg/foot and then proceeds to lose the next 3,4 or 5 points through attacking EVERYTHING, smashing straight from the serve etc in an overly aggressive nature either into the net, out etc. We have had all the usual conversations about PMA and taking the game one point at a time, breaking the game down and discussing the why and how he lost, but nothing seems to work for long and he slips back into old habits very quickly. It is very frustrating seeing such a talent not reach his full potential.

 

Any ideas???

January 29, 2014
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Hi Bob

 

I have a number of ideas but it may be worth us talking them through first. If you email me with your phone number and times to call you I'll do my best to move my schedule to accomodate.

 

After that we can post on the forum.

 

Paul

January 30, 2014
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Peter Warman
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I'd recommend this book

 

THIS BOOK 

 

If he is too young to read the book and keep interested in it, then read it yourself and explain the methods to him. Once he realises it's his chimp that appears on court, the sooner he can keep the chimp quiet somehow and carry on playing.

 

Hope this helps 

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January 30, 2014
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Coaching teens is always going to be a challenge given the huge everyday changes and pressures in their young lives. In deference to Paul I'll delay my comments until after his post.

Given the collective experience of Paul and the Forum I'm sure that we can be of help.

The book that Pete recommends is written by the sports psychology coach to the GB 2012 Olympic cycling team and is a must read for coaches.

 

Roger

January 30, 2014
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The Chimp Paradox is a great book but the value of it might be lost on him just now. Having said that, as his coach it should be a “must read” for you. Controlling the emotional response is difficult for us all at times – even more so for a young adult. I would certainly take up Paul's offer of a chat as there may be some gems that he can impart to you. As the Audi advert says, “power is nothing without control” hopefully he will develop that with your continued help and those better qualified than me to assist.

As an aside, I am attending a lecture by Dr Steve Peters next month; looking forward to that.

January 31, 2014
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Once we've had a discussion and I can understand more about this player, then I'll pass on my thoughts about the tools you can use.

 

No doubt others will have plenty of ideas too and I'm sure the other forum members will receive a lot of help regarding mindset from this opportunistic post.

 

In one of my Lilleshall sessions I took around 20 minutes to describe two key “helpers” players should take with them as weapons against situations that are not conducive to good focussed badminton. I have used this before with a number of players and also people in all walks of life to great success.

 

Paul

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