So what is the difference between the world beaters and the wannabeaters?
Are these people just blessed with a better genetic makeup? Are they luckier?
Or is there more to this than meets the eye?
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Self-Belief in Sport using NLP
"It is madness to only prepare
yourself physically and leave your
mental frame to chance. The
difference that makes the difference
is learning how to feel strong in your
mind as well as your body. Every
athlete should understand that you
don't have to have a gold medal
around your neck to feel like you're a
champion." – Roger Black M.B.E.
In our work using NLP and modelling top athletes, we have seen some
consistent patterns. It is not possible to cover all of these in this article. We will
concentrate on what is arguably the most important element in the mental
makeup of world champions.
In reality, at the highest levels of modern sport there is so little to separate
performers in terms of technical competence or physical fitness. But when it
comes down to the beliefs which athletes have in their ability to be better than
the rest, to excel and be successful regardless of circumstance, there is a huge
gap between top performers and the rest of the sporting pack.