Your body will follow the last clear set of instructions that your mind has given it
For example, if you mentally recall a past error in the moments before you perform the action again, you’re actually programming yourself to replay that same mistake.
The real key is to program your mind with perfect performance – train your mind so your body will follow.
The following steps will help you improve your performance.
1: Take a moment to relax and close your eyes
2: Imagine a film in your mind of someone doing the behaviour that you want to do perfectly – keeping running this movie seeing what they are doing in as fine detail as possible
3: Now play the same movie again, but this time see yourself doing the actions exactly as the person in the first movie with perfect performance . Keep going through the film until you can see yourself in detail performing the behaviours excellently
4: The critical stage – run the same movie again, but this time float into the movie so you are experiencing it as if it is happening right now – so imagine looking through your own eyes, seeing hearing and feeling everything. Experience what it feels like and what it is like looking through your own eyes doing this perfect performance. Really experience the feelings in your muscles as you run through the performance
5: If you need to make any other changes , go back to step 2 and keep running through the steps until it is just right
When you visualise the activity , you will be strengthening the neural connections internally that allow you to do the movements of the behaviour more easily .
Outstanding performance is not just about physical practice, but also mental training, and these simple steps are an effective way to improve your performance.
