2023-09-26 08:00:00
2023-09-26 16:00 Published by Langlangyue Du Shangzhou. The moment he won the game, player Lian Zhenling shouted happily. (Photo/Central News Agency)
“There have been many, many difficulties along the way. I am very grateful that I have persisted to get to this point.”
─Judoka Lian Zhenling Yesterday (25th), Lian Zhenling won the gold medal in the women’s 57kg event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The moment she won the game, Lian was emotional and cried frequently.
Athletes have a long training process. They must work tirelessly to keep fit in order to have a chance to finally win awards. How high are athletes’ requirements for themselves? Through the book “The Birth of a Top Athlete”, let’s observe how self-requirements and mental strengthening are indispensable for elite athletes in the development process. (Editor’s note)
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The perfectionism of top players
In 2019, UK Sports Council and academics teamed up to conduct a study to understand the biggest differences between top athletes and the rest. The study compared two groups of 16 athletes each. One group was Britain’s elite athletes who had won several medals at major championships, while the other group was an elite group of athletes who had never won any major medals. British player.
Research has found that “perfectionism” – the intense pursuit of achieving high standards – is one of the important factors that distinguish super elite athletes from ordinary elite athletes. Among the 16 super elite players, 14 have perfectionist tendencies; while in the general elite group, only 5 out of 16 players have such tendencies. Top athletes are more perfectionistic and may be more ruthless and selfish in the pursuit of their goals.
Athletes with more perfectionistic traits accumulated more hours of sport-related activities, including independent practice and coach-guided training, than athletes with lower perfectionism tendencies. In turn, striving for perfection is closely related to achieving better performance. A study of American alpine ski racers also supports the findings of the previous study of British athletes. American research has found that players with higher perfectionism tendencies have higher national rankings.
Hegerberg’s perfectionist tendencies prevent her from properly celebrating her achievements. When she won the Champions League, “I would celebrate, but then I would quickly shift my focus. What has driven me over the years has been to replicate and recreate successful moments, and I might have been too hasty. I think you’re Before you are ready to start once more, you should enjoy the process and enjoy the important moments. But I think my perfectionism also has a positive impact. Obviously, I rely on this set of philosophy to keep myself at the top all these years. Location.”
“How do you recreate a successful moment? I think the psychological aspect is the biggest key to success. Everyone can work hard, but not everyone’s psychological quality is strong enough to support them in climbing to the top and staying ahead… People who can keep themselves at the top have incredible mental qualities.”
“When everything is going smoothly, you have to push yourself even harder, pay attention to the little details, and fine-tune. If you don’t do this, you will suffer the consequences one day.”
Hegerberg, like many other top athletes, scores high on two motivations that psychologists call task orientation and ego orientation. Athletes with high work-oriented motivation will use themselves as a reference standard to judge success, and will only feel a sense of accomplishment when they master a certain job, learn something new, or improve a certain skill. Athletes with high self-oriented motivation tend to use others as a reference standard, and they often feel satisfied only when their performance exceeds that of others.
The optimal balance point between work orientation and self-oriented motivation varies from person to person, but people with high self-oriented motivation and low work-oriented motivation are more likely to fall into the crisis of burnout.
Corisi’s constant pursuit of progress and desire for greater achievements shows that he and Hegerberg are of the same mind. “The struggle never ends, because you always have room for improvement. This is what makes some athletes crazy, because they are constantly pursuing improvement all the time.”
When I get a big win, “I’m very happy, but then I start thinking, what can I do better next time. Because at the end of the day, what you want is to be a perfect sport and have a perfect game.” game. You don’t just want to have one or two great shots, you want to have a perfect performance throughout the game. Even if you have done that, you will continue to think regarding how to do more, Or there are one or two places that might be done better. So, when you can be satisfied with your performance, I don’t know, I don’t want to get to that stage yet, and if that is the case, that will probably be my last It’s a game.”
Exercise the mind through imagery training
Although some of the psychological qualities required by top athletes are innate, and some are shaped by the family and environment in which they grow up, some of them can be acquired through hard work following growing up.
“I train my mind every day.” Hegerberg explained. “Every player who can stay at the top must be very mentally prepared.” Hegerberg regularly meets with a sports psychologist Scientists meet. Working with a psychologist to discuss topics such as goal setting, emotional control, and relaxation can improve athlete performance.
Book title: “The Birth of a Top Athlete: From Professional Guidance to Scientific Assisted Training, See How Champions Go from “Winning” to “Persistence”…
Hegerberg, in particular, frequently used visualization. Sports psychologists often assist athletes with imagery training, which requires athletes to imagine that they are participating in a certain game and imagine how they will feel. Imagery training can improve player performance because training brings together different senses such as sight, sound, smell, touch, etc., to project a movie of the background situation of the game in the player’s mind.
Imagery training can also help players learn skills, possibly by triggering the same brain pathways as during actual practice; in addition, imagery training can also enhance players’ motivation and help players relax. One study interviewed seven top athletes and found that they all used psychological strategies such as imagery training, and also used psychological tools to control their emotions and cope with the huge pressure from competition.
“The mental aspect is very important to me,” Hegerberg said. “Being able to maintain the highest level of performance for a long time depends entirely on adequate mental preparation.”
●This article is excerpted from “The Birth of a Top Athlete: From Professional Guidance to Scientific Assisted Training, See How Champions Go from “Winning” to “Constantly Winning” published by Shangzhou
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