Visualisation

Visualisation can be used to create videos in your head of both good and bad moments within sport. Visualise a specific moment in sport - Imagine yourself performing certain skills perfectly, the feeling of winning a game

Doing this can improve self-confidence, motivation, concentration, and help manage your nerves.

What about when things go wrong?

Another powerful way to use visualisation is to imagine things going wrong and practising a positive way to respond. It helps to have a plan for things that might go wrong so you feel prepared and ready for anything.

If you compete in swimming.

If you compete in a team You might imagine your sport like rugby, you might goggles falling o at the imagine making a mistake start of the race. You could early on in the game and then come up with a plan to rehearsing some positive continue swimming. ways you would respond