Fear of failure in sports occurs when there is a deep seated fear of making mistakes. When you play with fear, it’s natural to hold yourself back and play timidly.
When fear is present, we know that the thoughts filling your head are focused on failing. What we want to do is work to have your mind full of confident thoughts. Thoughts of you playing well and succeeding.
Visualization is a great mental training tool to help do so.
In this video, mental performance coach, Eli Straw, outlines two powerful visualization exercises you can use to manage fear of failure in sports. By doing so, you can let go of fear and finally play freely and naturally like you know you can.
