Resources tagged as "Comebacks"
Avoiding a Sweep
Nov 7th, 2009
When a team goes down 3-0 in a seven game playoff series, the trailing team’s season is usually all but over. In fact, only three NBA, MLB, or NHL teams have ever surmounted a 3-0 deficit to win a series.* Several mental factors contribute to a team’s inability to rebound from a 3-0 deficit. However, a coach can guide the team toward beating the odds by providing consistent positive feedback despite the deficit, maintaining expectations of victory among the athletes, and by keeping the team focused on achieving intermediate goals (i.e. winning the next game) along the way to overall victory.
By IntelliSport, describing the work of Brian O’Leary, Holly Vande Walle, and Bart Weathington
Rebounding from an Emotional Loss
Oct 3rd, 2009
Emotional let-downs can tear into an athlete or team’s confidence, and can lead to lingering disappointment and unrelenting frustration. This article suggests strategies that for helping your athletes to deal with emotional losses and regain the confidence and swagger necessary for competitive success.
Immediately following a poor performance, it is important to take time to cool down emotionally. Then, start identifying tangible factors that attributed to the performance and begin the process of moving on. It is important to remember that experience can be the most powerful educator and for future growth. It is crucial that athletes capitalize on this golden opportunity to learn from experience. Now that you and your athletes have examined, identified, and pulled out the lessons from the performance, recognize that the loss is in the past and emotionally let go. Finally, get the athletes to recognize how much they have improved since the emotional let-down.
By IntelliSport