Body Language

Body Language is where you get the opposition a little bit scared because of the way you walk on the pitch to syke out your opposition. For example, when a football may walk up to the penalty kick with a look of arrogance in his eyes and will walk up to the penalty with a lot of confidence showing the keeper that they know that the ball will go in the back of the net.

Breathing Techniques

Breathing Techniques is where you relax and take a deep breath to calm yourself down if you feel that you are going to explode with anger. A football will do this a lot of the time because they may have a penalty chance taken away from them or a bad tackle that didn't give them a free kick so they will have to keep calm so that there whole game isn't ruined.

Self-Talk

Self-Talk is where you are always telling yourself that you are the best at what you do and that it would be impossible for you not to complete your task. An example of this would be any athlete because if someone in a football team misses a penalty then they will be shouting at themselves afterwards and will no not to make the same mistake. Also when they come onto the pitch or running track then they will be telling themselves that they are the best and that they are going to win.

Thought Stopping

Thought Stopping is where you block out thoughts that are no use to something that you are about to do. You will do this so that you maintain a good mind and are focused on what you are about to do. An example of this would be Michael Jordan. I chose him because when he plays basketball he wants to do the best that he can so he blocks out every negative thought.

Thinking Techniques

Thinking Techniques is where you constantly tell yourself that you are the best at something and you should be able to do that thing easily without any hesitation. An example of this would be Tiger Woods because he would be always telling himself that he is the best and that he should be able to make the put, which he does when he is about to put the ball.

Focusing

Focusing is where you block out everyone else and concentrate on exactly what they want so that they can complete that task more effectively. An example of this would be Capello. Capello is very good at focusing on what he wants because when we were in the world cup that is all he thought about and he made sure that the players were on the same page as him. Focusing on something would be relate to control of aggression.

Mental Rehearsal (Imagery)

Mental Rehearsal is where you think how you are going to do something in your mind first. So that you picture how you are going to score and then you will score when you come to the real thing. An example of this would be Tiger Woods. He spends a lot of the time thinking about how it is going to be done and then he puts the ball and ends up getting a birdie.