This article originally appeared on USA Water Polo, Inc. The idea of embracing pressure and persevering through it seems to be a common challenge with athletes and teams. When the opportunities present themselves to realize goals, missions, and dreams, athletes can feel pressure to perform over potential fears and stressors related to whether or not they reach their desired outcomes. It’s easy to see how doubts can creep into one’s mind before, during, and after important gam

This article originally published on Kap7 International One of the toughest psychological challenges for any athlete, is to find the poise and the resilience to come back the next game and play at a high level after a bad loss. During a lot of tournament play, a team will have multiple games in a day. Think of times when you may have lost a morning game and then been asked to come back for the afternoon game to play your best to maybe finish 3rd place in the tournament. It is

This article was originally published on www.waterpoloplanet.com The Flow State of Mind If you want to play your best and find a flow state (aka “the zone”), it is important to develop a way of checking in with where you are, moment to moment. The flow state happens when you are fully immersed in what you are doing while experiencing an energized focus. It is the optimal state of mind where all peak performances happen. It is for you to find it. Although, finding flow doesn’t