Imagine positive and increase their performance

Posted by RIWmag on 24 Nov 2015 /

Massimo Masserini, Italian racer athlete of great technical depth (master world slalom champion IFCA 2006, FW world champion GMaster 2009, WORLD CHAMPION GMaster FORMULA WINDSURFING 2010) But even clinical psychologist, Sport psychologist, Educationalist, Hypnotist and clinical sexologist, Professor at University Popolare di Bergamo Nicholas Flamel, has prepared its third episode for RIWmag. Given the tragedies “depression” which in recent years have sadly affected some former champions of windsurfing, and given the depression as a disease of society’ modern, RIWmag asked Massimo Magda to face so popular this delicate subject. Being the vast and complex theme Up as Magda’ by sports psychologist has agreed to deal with the case of sporting depression.

5 steps to learn to imagine in a positive way and increase their sports performance

The ability to display in people is used unconsciously and spontaneous. Especially children and young people are often easier to use the mental image. Imagine on a scheduled basis, It can be a very powerful mental strategies to overcome obstacles and navigate to success even in sport. You can imagine from the outside (like in a movie where she is Director and actor) and from the inside (with a similar vision to reality). It has been proven by numerous experiments (especially in sports), that view allows you to increase performance.

Display in a given action or task (even in a review) It is also very useful to predict the possible difficulties that you may encounter (It's like experiencing them). This very well and because it is an efficient way to train your mind, You must use all your senses, and not just the view, But even hearing, the sense of smell, touch and kinesthetic sense: the more you can "see" the full scene and motor behavior, representative of reality, better learning outcomes.

What I imagine, must be as close as possible to reality (I see him and I feel really). Initially, to acquire such skills quickly, We can be guided by an experienced professional, but fairly fast, within a few weeks, You can become independent, and able to control what you see, undistracted and remaining focused on action/tasks.

Mental imagination can also help overcome fears. With a few minutes a day to view exercises, You can get excellent results. You can enjoy the view at home, comfortably seated in an armchair, But even in their workstation, in the pause, closing his eyes, doing a few deep breaths and focusing the mind on the objective of the view.

It is necessary to precede the view for a few minutes of relaxation in which free your mind from negative thoughts. It can be also very useful to see the desired action, even in slow motion, to fix the most critical steps in which you seek the highest concentration. Display does not mean just remembering, but you can also prepare a business meeting "imagining" each objection of my interlocutor, to strategically predict my possible strategies.

5 steps to learn to imagine viewing:

take 10 minutes, in a convenient and relaxing, turn off the lights or near darkness, Close your eyes.
do a few deep breaths and frees your mind of distracting thoughts, directs the attention focused on the action with any certainty of success.
see every moment of the action, listen to the sounds, tap the objects, It smells like the air, enjoy the flavor, feel the air and colours, move it in the desired action as if you were in reality.
If you have repeat as many times as you want
At the end when you want, Slowly resume the perception of where you stand with a few deep breaths and slowly open your eyes.