"Whether you say you can or you can't… You're right" Henry Ford.
An athlete or high-performance sports team seeks to acquire skills and competencies in the following domains:
- In physical condition. In the particular technique of your sport and your particular job. In tactics.
For all these domains they resort to trained professionals, call them physical trainers and coaches or trainers.
But… How many times does an athlete who is carried away by his bad mood or his impotence lose a game, a race or a competition? How many times do athletes become victims of an emotional state that they do not know how to dominate or manage? Sometimes a "can't" plays a fundamental role when going out to compete?
Many times an athlete or a sports team does not obtain the expected results, despite being technically capable, using the correct tactics and being in good physical condition. In those cases it is convenient to check the domain of your thoughts and emotions.
That unwanted result is likely the product of individual or relational emotional problems that may not even be in sight.
The fourth domain: "Personal mastery"
The results that matter to us may be beyond the technical, tactical or physical
We will call "individual personal mastery" to:
- Proactivity. Self-assessment. The athlete's positive attitude towards adverse results. The ability to concentrate and be "involved" in the game. The ability to respond positively to events and happenings. Mastering and managing your emotions, especially anxiety and fear. Mastering and managing negative and limiting thoughts. Greater awareness of the importance of your body, prevention of future injuries. The handling of criticism, disapproval and external judgment. The ability to align behind your goals. Stress management.
We will call "group personal mastery" to:
- The acceptance of others with their particular ways of being. Group synergy (sum of energies) The level of group commitment. The level of group contribution. The level of comprehensive responsibility. The effective communication capacity among its members. The management of personal and group interests.
An athlete, above all, is a human being and as such is not exempt from the lack of control of his emotions, feelings, thoughts, external manipulations, etc. All this plays a fundamental role when going out to compete. Many times success is internal and then manifests itself outside, as also many times an athlete has already lost before going out to play.
A powerful, new and effective dynamic.
So that athletes can work in this domain, both individually and as a team, we have created the dynamics of ontological coaching in sport. The coach is a person who has the skills to work with athletes so that they can acquire and train emotional skills in their personal domain and that of their team in order to align their attitude, their emotions, their thoughts and everything "not visible ”In favor of its results.
The ontological coach does not focus on techniques or tactics, they are not his work domains. She does not compete with the physical trainer or the trainer but complements them… Her work is an added value in the preparation of the athlete, since she works yet another domain, which contributes to the effectiveness of the athlete and the sports team.
A new level of awareness in favor of sports success.
The preparation and training in ontological coaching seeks a new level of awareness of each athlete, regarding himself and the team.
Every athlete is in search of an ideal state to compete and an ideal attitude to win, he knows that the ideal state to compete has to do with the duality of being fully alert and concentrated and at the same time relaxed and enjoying what he does.
Ontological coaching in sport enables the athlete to be immersed in the game or competition and without being disturbed or disturbed by anything. The sensation that is sought to achieve is that of flowing in the game (state of flow). As an experience, it is a magical feeling of power, freedom, peace and pleasure. As if everything happened in slow motion and nothing bothered.
Regarding teamwork, the results that are sought by carrying out an ontological coaching process are:
- Increased ability to coordinate actions. Increased team unity. Increased synergy. Increased ability to solve problems. Greater commitment to the team and its objectives. Greater willingness to "give yourself" to your partner.
