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19 - Kathryn Rowe "Mental Skills"
Bio
Mental Skills Coordinator for the Baltimore Orioles
Licensed mental health professional
Was the mental skills coach for the University of Rochester men's soccer team
Masters Degree in counseling and sports psychology at Boston University
Played soccer and graduated from University of Rochester
Show Notes
Weekly skill focused Monday mindfulness
Friday guest speakers
How to teach the mental skills What the mental skill is
Example
Exercises
Incorporate the skill within a game/activity
Homework related to baseball and in everyday life
A lot of skills can be taught and helpful outside of the game
Switching to scenarios (responses)
Preparing for adversity that is going to happen and plan for our response
Having a deep breath and helps them to reset
Kicking the dirt to reset and breath to get back to compete
Identifying your growth mindset voice and fixed mindset voiceSelf talk
Triggers - coach yelling, good pitcher (to find a trigger do a daily checklist of when you were fixed or open to find reoccurring events)
Trying new skills - “neuroplasticity”
Recurring theme is self awareness - if you are not aware of yourself we can’t make changes
Daily notebook/journal reflecting on the day and how they are successful
“Ideal” mindset to incorporate self awareness
When you are playing your best versus not playing your best, and then attack skills and build behaviors to get you closer to playing at your best
Mental routines part of the players plan to know the player
“Not thinking” may be a bodily feeling (relaxed, pre game routine, etc)
What happens when your routine gets messed up? Have a response!
Why are you doing the routine? Own the routine, not just do it because someone says
Mindfulness and being aware in the moment of what you can and cannot control have helped beyond
Mindfulness meditations to help be in the moment and be aware. Guided and practiced
Around 10 minutes of guided meditation
Started with the coaches and then the players to get buy in
Give real life examples as to why mindfulness is so important.Golf
Driving and thinking where you are going not where you are
Examples in their game/area
Guided deep breathing visuals on Youtube
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Bio
Mental Skills Coordinator for the Baltimore Orioles
Licensed mental health professional
Was the mental skills coach for the University of Rochester men's soccer team
Masters Degree in counseling and sports psychology at Boston University
Played soccer and graduated from University of Rochester
Show Notes
Weekly skill focused Monday mindfulness
Friday guest speakers
How to teach the mental skills What the mental skill is
Example
Exercises
Incorporate the skill within a game/activity
Homework related to baseball and in everyday life
A lot of skills can be taught and helpful outside of the game
Switching to scenarios (responses)
Preparing for adversity that is going to happen and plan for our response
Having a deep breath and helps them to reset
Kicking the dirt to reset and breath to get back to compete
Identifying your growth mindset voice and fixed mindset voiceSelf talk
Triggers - coach yelling, good pitcher (to find a trigger do a daily checklist of when you were fixed or open to find reoccurring events)
Trying new skills - “neuroplasticity”
Recurring theme is self awareness - if you are not aware of yourself we can’t make changes
Daily notebook/journal reflecting on the day and how they are successful
“Ideal” mindset to incorporate self awareness
When you are playing your best versus not playing your best, and then attack skills and build behaviors to get you closer to playing at your best
Mental routines part of the players plan to know the player
“Not thinking” may be a bodily feeling (relaxed, pre game routine, etc)
What happens when your routine gets messed up? Have a response!
Why are you doing the routine? Own the routine, not just do it because someone says
Mindfulness and being aware in the moment of what you can and cannot control have helped beyond
Mindfulness meditations to help be in the moment and be aware. Guided and practiced
Around 10 minutes of guided meditation
Started with the coaches and then the players to get buy in
Give real life examples as to why mindfulness is so important.Golf
Driving and thinking where you are going not where you are
Examples in their game/area
Guided deep breathing visuals on Youtube