1% Better Volleyball Journal
In the pursuit of volleyball excellence, athletes must recognize that the road to success is paved with deliberate and purposeful practice to build in-game confidence. This is the concept of becoming 1% better. Your goal as an athlete is to become 1% better today than you were yesterday. This is a mindset that can be developed.
Practicing with a purpose involves more than just going through the motions. It requires a focused and systematic approach to honing your skills and abilities. By having a purpose in practice, you are allowing yourself the opportunity to practice on specific skills or tasks to make yourself a better athlete and to help enhance your performance.
Use this journal as a tool to first help you explore the concepts of practicing with a purpose and emphasize the significance of focusing on the process to become a better volleyball player. Then you will use the same techniques and apply them to your game performances.
Set and Defines Goals.
Choose an Affirmation
Assess their Physical and Tactical Sports Skills
Monitor their Emotions.
Build Confidence.
Plus much more...
Why Use this Journal?
As an elite mindset sports performance coach, one of the most common questions I get is, “How can my child compete with confidence?”
Your child must develop the mindset skill sets necessary to master the mental aspects of the game if you want them to compete with confidence.
Athletes who use the skill of journaling allow themselves to reflect on their practices and game performances without judgement.
When athletes can look at themselves in a non-judgmental way, it opens their eyes to picking out what they did well in a game and not immediately picking out the negatives.
I've seen many situations where athletes come out of their performance and begin to pick apart their game. I hear statements like
"Yeah, I got 10 points, BUT..." Then they pick out the negatives.
If all your athlete does is pick out the negatives, they're always going to be stuck in your development.
Athletes that journal enhance their development because it allows them to write their goals down and reflect on their past achievements, which helps maintain motivation and provides purpose for their training.
Help your athlete to begin the skill of journaling that will help them not only in their sports endeavors but will also set the path to personal growth and success.
Using the Digital Version
This digital version of the 1% Better Volleyball Journal allows the athlete to print out as many pages as they need. There are 5 practice sheets and 5 game sheets included in this PDF format.
Print out the number of copies that you need and get yourself a folder or notebook where the athlete can keep their completed journals.
After each month, take a look at your journals and see if there are patterns in your mental game that you can notice from the journals that are either positively or negatively affecting your performance. Then make the necessary changes, if needed.
Parents, the questions that are in this journal are excellent questions to speak about with your athlete in a non-judgmental way, and it allows your athlete to take control of their development and ownership of their performance. Help your athlete to expand on their responses, but allow your athlete to write and express what they are feeling.
Parents, your role is to give support and guidance on how your athlete is viewing their game.
Journal Review from Athletes
"I am a good player"
"This journal has allowed me to focus on things I did well in a game and prove that I am a good player." Kyle- Tennis Player
I thought journaling was a dumb idea, but the more I do it, the more I realize the importance behind it, and it has really helped build my confidence in my game."
Matthew- Baseball Player
The part of the journal that says "coaches feedback" has helped me to remember and focus on what my coaches want me to do."
Cathy- Swimmer
About the Author- Brian McSparron
Brian McSparron’s mission is to educate, empower and energize athletes to become the best version of themselves. By providing athletes with the necessary mental skills needed to compete, athletes will be able to transform their lives and take their athletic ability to new heights.
With a lifelong passion for sports, including playing elite hockey and baseball experiences, Coach Brian possesses a unique understanding of the challenges athletes face.
Brian teaches athletes the mental skills they need to apply when they hear words like “focus” or “concentrate.” He also teaches them how to stay positive and confident when they are feeling down, as well as how to set goals and reach for the stars. When athletes can combine their physical skills with the skill sets of mental training, there is nothing that will stop them from athletic success.
Coach Brian’s experience will help lead your athlete on the right path to athletic success.
Coach Brian, background includes:
• Bachelors in Human Performance in Sport/ Athletic Training
• Masters and Specialist Degrees in Physical Education / Sport Science.
• Coached college hockey for 16 years and several youth sports programs
• Teaching Physical Education at the elementary, middle and high school levels for 20+ years
• Certified Mental Sports Performance Coach
• Owner of Superior Sports Psyche
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