WHAT IS MENTAL SKILLS COACHING?

Some Definitions:

Technical Skills - similar to the "Motor Skill Competence" -are the particular execution skills required to be successful in a task.

Physical Skills - this set of skills are the raw action skills that are needed to perform the technical skills.

Domain Skills - these are the knowledge-set skills required to be competent in the specialist field of the practitioner eg; emergency services, gaming, fitness trainer etc

Mental Skills are tools for the mind and fall under the umbrella of Personal and Professional Development. They can also be viewed as internal capabilities that help a person control their minds efficiently and consistently as they execute performance-related goals. Mental skills coaching provides an advanced toolkit (the methods and techniques) to not only develop skills, but to also generate positive, goal-producing behaviors. Many of these 'mind skills' are in tune with the human brain-mind-body union that affect performance.

Mental Skills also incorporate:
a) Psychological Skills (often used to describe mental skills). Psychological skills training refers to consistent practice of mental skills.
b) Tactical Skills - like "decision-making ability" -these are the "in-game" abilities to choose the right thing to do in different scenarios.

A mental skill enables you to regulate thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions/results.

The nature of the relationship between a performer’s state of mind and his or her performance depends on three prime factors:
1. the strength of mind / mental skills and character / personality of the individual performer,
2. the specific task at hand, and
3. the wider task environment.

Just as physical skills are addressed on a regular basis -mental skills coaching also needs to be practiced regularly.

Research has confirmed that increased use of advanced, neuro-behavioral mental skill techniques are associated with enhanced performance. Survey based research has also indicated that increased use of advanced, next-generation, mental skills is associated with successful competitive performances at either higher or lower competitive levels e.g., international vs. regional.

 

	The Institute’s Graduate School of Psychology Coaching is the only sport and performance psychology learning institution in the world that offers an internationally recognized, accredited Diploma Certification Course.

Who is this Mental Skills Training / Coaching Course for:

Existing, new and aspiring coaches, trainers, psychologists, exercise / fitness specialists, sports parents, youth sport directors, sports teachers , e-sports/gamers and other professionals involved in team or individual sport development.

Professionals looking to self-coach their own mental skills development eg; e-sports / gamers. Also for:
- high-risk, physically and mentally demanding, non-sport occupations, such as: military, fire-fighters, police, emergency services, medical;
- high-level, money-making professionals who require elite mental skills (stock traders, gamblers, entrepreneurs etc) and,
- performers (dancers, actors, musicians etc)..

	For busy professionals who do not have time to waste Fast-tracked E-Learning with Full Certification No required ADD-ON coaching, supervision or mentoring training No set Starting or Completion time (50-60 casual hours)

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	SOME KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL ‘OLD SCHOOL’ MENTAL SKILLS TRAINING AND NEURO-BEHAVIORAL MENTAL SKILLS COACHING Time and attention is important. Neuro-behavoral coaching is an accelerated method of achieving enhanced performance compared to traditional training efforts. Neuro-behavioral coaching falls under the umbrellas of natural health (including physical health – as our physiology can be re shaped by our thoughts) and mental / emotional fitness. Neuro-behavioral coaching interventions are designed to open “windows of plasticity” and target specific domains of the brain’s structure and reset them to form greater connectivity and oversight. The objective of the targeted interventions is to have the participant achieve perceptual self-awareness and learn powerful, self-empowering, state of mind techniques for self-improvement. Neuro-behavioral coaching allows you to explore the critical impact of energy on motivation and willpower. Inefficient thinking helps cause stress and lowers energy levels. Our brain uses about 20% of the body’s energy. With neuro-behavioral coaching you’re working with metacognition (‘knowing about knowing’).             The need to learn, easy-to-use, personalized (according to user Need / Performance Goals), practical, self-empowering neuropsychological techniques / exercises (to practice once a day for 15 mins) that change and redirect associated neural patterns to activate targeted innate brain-mind-body mechanisms. Latest studies report, after just a few minutes of regular use, decreased impulsivity and anxiety, better mental clarity, more restful sleep, improved mood, and a host of other side benefits. Applying neuroscience, neuropsychology and working with the brain-mind-body continuum legitimizes the work of mental skills development.

 

		NOTE: You or your clients will be empowered to self-coach and engage in regular neuro practice exercises anytime they have 10 free minutes. Significant, lasting, measurable, performance improvement occurs in just 2 to 3 weeks.

 

The Behavioral Coaching Institute pioneered behavioral coaching and performance coaching over 30 years ago and today is still the world’s leading developer and supplier of cutting edge performance coaching methodology.

In line with today’s new challenges and opportunities, we provide unique, world-best-class, coach training courses with a high performance neuro-behavioral coaching focus for individual and team development.

The Sports Behavioral Sciences have been significantly updated by powerful, life-changing contributions from brain-mind-body medicine, emerging neuroscientific technologies and the latest, evidence-based methodologies from Applied Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology.
 

	Specialist Mental Skills Coaches primarily source their knowledge and skill sets from today’s cutting-edge, neuroscientific technologies and the latest, evidence-based methodologies from Applied Cognitive Neuroscience.     Specialist Mental Skills Coaches: - take a teaching, 'directive coaching' approach with their coaches - focus on the now and future time space in achieving their athlete's Performance Needs Coals - employ today’s advanced, science-based, mental skills techniques - use accelerated learning (typically 2 or 3 brief sessions only) to empower athletes to self-coach themselves and practice their customized mental exercises. - also refer any athletes with psychological problems to a licensed psychologist. The Bottom Line Today’s, huge window of opportunity for sports mental skills coaching is tailored made for certified coaches trained in the use of proven, cutting-edge, sports science methodology delivered via easy-to-use, short, daily, mental exercises.