“Perfect” is an unrealistic word used commonly by athletes
when explaining what they want.
The word “Perfect” is as much of a curse word in sports as “I
Can’t!” Stop searching for
perfection and start moving towards personal progress.
Close your eyes and imagine this scenario, I’m sure it has
happened to at least a few of you out there reading.
You have been working all season on
the stunts in your routine but every competition this season you have gotten
scared and the stunt has fallen.
The last competition of the season is approaching in 2 weeks and all you
can think of and say to yourself is “I have to hit all my stunts perfectly!”
The pressure is on to make your last performance perfect so you can prove to
yourself, your team, your coach and the judges that you are an outstanding
athlete. You feel that if you do
not perform perfectly at this last competition you will be a failure.
Searching for this illusive perfect performance is only
setting you up for a let down. When we will only accept perfection anything
else is going to be unacceptable and disappointing. Searching for the perfect performance is the one thing the
athlete should not be focusing on.
Now you must be wondering to yourself “well, what should I
be focusing on if it’s not to be perfect?” That answer is simple, PROGRESS! Going back to the scenario
above it would be best to treat this last competition as a chance to improve
from your past performances.
Always focus on having a better performance from your last, this is
called progress. When you open up
your mindset from being perfect to being better you allow for a more accurate
description of how you performed.
When you focus solely on being perfect you can only judge yourself as
either perfect or imperfect. But
when you search for progress and strive to become better than before you open
up your outcomes and will be a better athlete because of it.
Progress not Perfection is a true champions mindset!
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