Episode 6 - Positive Self Talk

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This weeks focus is on positive self-talk, an important tool to help athletes face competition anxiety, build confidence, and help motivation. We start with defining self-talk and the different variations and functions it has. Then we talk about what we as coaches can do to make it easier for our players to have positive self-talk and build their skills of self-talk. The reflection challenge this week is looking at how we as coaches can recognize moments in the past where we have let athletes been negative towards themselves and how we can help them change that view to something more positive and useful.