OLYMPIC MINDSET: THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED

Let's start with the basics; what are psychological skill techniques? A clinical definition is the constant practice of a specific psychological skill that can help enhance performance and achieve greater self-satisfaction within the sport. It is rare to find a simplified definition in the sports psychology world, and simple does not mean easy.

If you rewatch, on YouTube, the 2016 Olympic men's gold medal match between Korea's Ku Bonchan and France's Jean-Charles Valladont, you will see Bonchan take aim for the final arrow that sealed his first Olympic gold medal. What most people don't remember was the end before the decisive arrow. The future winner did not look as composed leading into the end, after Valladont had rallied back from two sets down. The pressure began increasing for both archers and the coaches were busy trying to calm their athletes like skittish racehorses on