How Important are Mental Skills for YOU?

“90% of the game is half mental.” ― Yogi Berra

Sports reveal the truth. Performance comes from the interaction of physical and mental skills. Against lesser competition, superior physical skills will dominate. As the level of play and pressure rises (e.g. post-season), the impact of an athlete's mental skills takes over. How important is the mental side of the game to you? Follow up question: how much time and attention do you give to training your mental skills? If you're like most athletes, you think mental skills are more important, but you're getting more coaching and focusing your training more on physical skills.

We don't know what we don't know.

Great leaders are mentally tough. They find a way to get the job done and have enough left in the tank to help their teammates give their best effort, too. If you don't have clarity on how to excel in practice and in competition, it makes sense to seek out answers about how to increase your consistency so that others will want to follow your lead. How? Ask.

Be honest, be creative, and keep asking. If you've got the courage and the motivation, you'll find the way.