Category: Psychology

Matthew Wells On Visualisation
March 9, 2017 No Responses

Matthew Wells On Visualisation

Visualisation is an important way to get ahead of your game in Weightlifting. It can calm your nerves before a big lift on the platform and can reinforce good technique. For 'The Best Way To Mentally Prepare For A Competition'...
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Confidence & Mental Toughness
February 23, 2017 No Responses

Confidence & Mental Toughness

Article by Katarina Wiemeyer of Mirkat LondonI have been doing a lot of reading about mental toughness and how to approach to training and competitions. I have said it in posts before that my metal game used to be fairly weak...
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What’s The Best Way To Mentally Prepare For A Competition?
December 2, 2015 No Responses

What’s The Best Way To Mentally Prepare For A Competition?

I recently heard of an interesting debate regarding the best way to prepare a lifter for the competition environment.The question was: should a coach deliberately provide possible distractions in the training session, before big lifts, i.e. shouting? OR should...
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