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Dr. Jess Garza • March 17, 2021

Quick Tips to Keeping Athletes Ready In 2021

What to do during shut downs.

At this point, we are certain that we have no idea what's happening next. Fall sports have changed or moved to spring, athletes are sitting out, having to decide between sports, or forced into retirement. Regardless of the situation, there are a couple basic things we can do to take some semblance of control in the short-term.
 
HAVE ATHLETES FOCUS ON GOALS IN SHORTER CHUNKS OF TIME
When we set closer finish lines, we can:
1. Make more confident decisions
2. Adjust more easily
Therefore, start with 30-Day increments for both you and your athletes. As things become more concrete it will be easier to forecast farther out.

ENCOURAGE THOUGHTFUL ROUTINES
The irony in this statement cannot be understated. We strive to create strong habits and yet it's our routines that create "autopilot". Autopilot is what will stop progress. Have athletes engage in routines that are thought provoking and intentional. A couple examples include:
1. Mindfulness and present focus
2. Celebrate and reflect on small wins each week (Great workouts, practice, daily activities)

The best way to keep the program moving forward is to integrate best practices of psychology into your athletes day to day. These are just a couple examples of what that can look like to keep your athletes making progress and staying ready to pivot.

#ultier #mindset #2021 #routines #thoughts #mindfulness #focus

TED TALK: How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people

By Dr. Jess Garza • September 18, 2021
Difficult emotions can get under your skin if you're not careful. Sport and performance consultant Jessica Garza calls this the "jumping cholla effect," inspired by a sneaky kind of cactus that detaches and burrows its spines into unsuspecting passersby. In this empowering talk, she shares four mood-regulating strategies to help you gain self-awareness of your feelings, avoid catching other people's emotions and perform at your peak -- whatever the prickly situation may be.

Reframing Your Thoughts

By Dr. Jess Garza • December 21, 2020
Have you ever noticed how often the challenges we face also contains a blessing in disguise? It could be because life’s challenges usually seem like inconveniences in the moment, especially when they interrupt our plans, or get in the way of something we want to do. Isn’t that part of the reason we call them challenges? *** What challenge are you facing? One way to embrace challenges is by REFRAMING them. What if we could learn to see challenges as highly beneficial experiences, adventures in learning, or even as a blessing in disguise? The truth is, with the right mental attitude we can completely reframe the way we experience challenges. And asking the right questions is one of the most effective ways to do that. With a little practice we can come to view challenges as some of our most valuable life experiences.

5 Steps to Handle Any Unforeseen Challenge

By Dr. Jess Garza • June 18, 2020
1. Do a damage report. Determine how significant the unexpected challenge truly is by analyzing its place in your current state as well as its degree of impact. 2. Control your emotional response. No matter what the results of your damage report were, you’ll need to control your emotional response. If you want to come up with an effective, logical solution to the new challenge, you’ll need to remain in a steady in a neutral state. 3. Focus on the long-term goals. Remember all your long-term goals, and ditch the short-term thinking. This will help you effectively prioritize your needs to address the given situation and help you objectively distance yourself from the problem. 4. Clearly communicate the challenge. Once you have a clear grasp of the situation, start communicating it to the people around you. The calmer, more informed and more objective you are, the better people will be at helping you find a solution. 5. Collaborate or settle on a solution. This is the most important step, but it’s only effective if you’ve followed all the steps above. Come up with two or three different courses of action, then select the one that offers the most advantages.
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