chen one tends to talk about sports, the first thing that comes to a person’s head is the optimal state of the body. Although it is clear that an athlete needs to have body capabilities and skills higher than those of the ‘average’ person, there is a invisible component which plays the most important role of all. Let’s talk about the mind of the athlete.
Well goes the saying “Without discipline, why have talent?” and without one mindset strengthened and worked, everything that is done at the level physicalgoes into the background. This aspect is gaining more and more strength in the highest sporting spheres. It is almost impossible to find a professional team or an elite athlete without psychological support behind it. Now, There is a branch within this broad field that seeks to increase performance starting from the mind.
Juan Carlos Alvarez Campilloit’s a coach with a wide journey both at the level collective as individualequipment like the Julen Lopetegui’s Spanish Soccer Team and athletes like the Olympian Carolina Marn These are just examples of his extensive career. He comments that, “He coaching It is not the same as psychology. Many times the latter is associated with have a problemwhile the coaching seeks get the answers from the athlete“.
He also says that, far from being something imposedthis tool works best when creating a trusting environment in which athletes can get closer voluntarily to receive the sessions they believe necessary when facing a problem of any kind.
He coaching sports seeks relaxation of the treaty, reducing stress and anxiety to which those who move in the upper echelons of sport are constantly subjected. However, It is also applicable for anyone who wants to dedicate themselves to thiswhether professionally or amateur.
He coaching gives the athlete the tools to identify and treat the problem
Juan Carlos Álvarez, Sports coach
“When a footballer, for example, goes through a bad streak or is in the process of recovery from injuryit is important that you understand, for himselfwhere the problem comes from and what can change to overcome it,” says Álvarez, “He coaching does not seek to fix the problem first“What it does is give the athlete the tools so that he can take action on the matter in the way he believes is most convenient,” he adds.
As the Chinese proverb says, “Give a man a fish and eat today. Teach him to fish and eat for the rest of his life”also the coaching seeks to ‘teach athletes how to fish’, yes, always with a constant support.
The mind works as a team with the body
Physical injuries can be prevented through visualization of the objectives set. A healthy and peaceful head plays a very important role when it comes to taking care of your physique.
However, there are cases, such as those of the soccer player Michuin which, thanks to sessions of coachingwas able to determine Until when to continue with your professional career and when to step aside.
In training I already saw how I didn’t perform as well as my teammates, that was a turning point for me.
Michu, former soccer player
“The first few warm-up laps, or during some exercise in training, I no longer had the ability to exercise like the rest.“he explained Michu for Relevo, before saying that that was when the coaching It helped him realize that, no matter how many tempting offers he had at that timehe should hang up his boots, and he has no regrets.
This is how this new modality to address the torments that often harass an athlete, step harder and harderhelps lengthen the cycle of a career that retires soon and that also serves to make the person see that There is life after sport.
