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Athlete maturity impacts their physical

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 3:50 am
by asimd23
Then, as you get closer to the event, you should slow down the physical prep, and focus more on getting the athletes ready for the mental stresses they’ll encounter. For example, there may be a crowd at the event – something they’re potentially not used to. If so, run a mock event like we discussed, and invite parents to watch to get them used to having an audience.


Before creating psychological preparation plans, make south korea rcs data sure you consider your athletes’ ages – and more importantly, their stage of maturation. That’s because within a group of 10 year olds, for example, some athletes will be very psychologically mature. But others will be at the lower end of the scale.

You, therefore, need to approach this planning on an individual, case-by-case basis – with personalised preparation plans. You know your athletes well, so start off by splitting them into groups of those with similar mental maturity – such as the Red Group (a lot of mental strength training required), through to the Purple Group (little psychological training required).