Training Week 1st-7th May 2014
Hi X, how has your
training been this week? I hope you had another successful week. This week I
will be introducing a skill which can be used throughout your training and your
spare time to help increase your motivation and reduce your anxiety. This week’s
skill is using music. Listening to music can have a very relaxing effect on athlete’s
bodies and minds, especially slow classical music which can slow the heart rate
and lower blood pressure. Music can absorb our attention meaning it is a great
way to distract us from pressures and also explore our emotions. You can also
use it to aid meditation. The preference in music varies between individuals
and a lot of people listen to it when stressed. It has the ability to shift our
moods; it is inexpensive and is almost always available. The skill is so simple yet so useful plus it's so easy to do, it can be fun and enjoyable as well, especially for those music lovers among us.
There are many things
which you can do with music:
- wake up to it in the morning
- sing along with it
- move with music/dance to music
- create playlists
- work with music (such as get coursework done)
Throughout your training this week i would like you to create a playlist of songs which you feel are motivating towards you. During your spare time, training and before competitive play I would like you to listen to this playlist to decrease your stress levels as the songs will be positive and they will increase your motivation. Maybe you may wish to incorporate some dance sessions this week as this links very well, but that one is your choice. Let me know how you get on with this final week and well done for being motivated and dedicated throughout the programme.
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I have just finished talking to athlete X about this weeks skill of using music. She told me that she loved the final week, this is because she generally loves music. She told me how she has created several playlists for different moods, such as relaxation to go with her meditation from the previous week and also a motivational one with more up beat songs for whilst she is training. She said she has started to incorporate dance into her daily routine as well for something social as well as to keep fit, she said she has thoroughly enjoyed the programme and it has helped her so much, giving her plenty of new ideas to use for her psychological problems. I am very pleased with the dedication from athlete X over these weeks.
P7: Planned
ReplyDeleteA bit of a different approach this week and I think the athletes will have appreciated the change in tack especially as this was performed towards the end of the programme. The use of music to decrease stress and also activate /increase your athlete’s arousal is a valid technique.
The exercises given to the athletes were easy to follow and I do think that it was important that they personally picked their playlist rather than you suggesting tunes
as emotional responses to a piece of music is very individual.
M3: Monitored
You some very good feedback about the success of the exercises used as does the information gained by speaking to the athlete. There is actually an emotional awareness grid / evaluation that you and the athlete may have befitted from on ppnoline.
NATALIE IS DOES READ LIKE THIS IS YOUR LAST WEEK BUT BY MY CALCULATIONS YOU OWE ONE MORE.