Mental training department

Pit in your stomach, heavy legs, nausea, diarrhea, insomnia.. Did you ever feel that sensations ? Which by the way keep rising gradually until D-Day ?

This stress is a real scourge when it is too strong knowing that it inhibits your pre training and actual performances considerably. It will keep you from having good night's sleep and clearing your head. It will also increase your risk of injury…

It is generally initiated by the fear of failure and its eventual consequences, but also by judgement from other people and the fear of disappointing. External factors can also have an impact on stress level.

That is the reason why it is important to think of your stress management very carefully. Fortunately, very efficient methods exist in order for you to better cope with it.
Some high level athletes understood that a long time ago and by that I cannot avoid mentioning Philippe Croizon, a man with no arm nor leg who succeeded in swimming across the Manche thanks to a support in hypnosis and NLP.

Some studies prove it : mental represents 80 % of athletic performances when we are trained properly.
Be careful however, the idea is not to fully eradicate stress knowing it has the faculty of stimulating or even improve cognitive and behavioral performances and it's well balanced. It can also allow to remain motivated and stay on the ground !