What is Mental Toughness in Football?

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Learn the most important mental toughness skills for football players with sports psychology for football

What is mental toughness for football players and what does it include? Most football players assume that mental toughness is about being physically tough. When you get knocked down, you jump right back up, correct? Not exactly.

Mental toughness is about having a strong mental approach to the game. This means being able to cope with adversity and have a strong mindset when losing a game.

Mental toughness is about improving your mental skills to help you take your practice skills to games more consistently. Mental toughness is about coping with setbacks, mistakes, and challenges you’ll encounter daily in practice and games.

In my new video football psychology series, I discuss mental toughness for football players. Check it out here:

5 Mental Toughness Skills for Football

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The Mental Edge for Football

The Mental Edge for Football

Are you (or your athletes) performing inconsistently in games with less confidence in games than in practice? Do you lose confidence easily after a couple of blown plays? Do you become so frustrated with your game that you can’t focus on the next play? If you answered yes to these questions, it’s a good bet that your mental game might prevent you from consistent performance in games.

“The Mental Edge For Football” is a complete brain dump of the TOP eight mental training sessions we teach our football players to help them boost their mental game and improve consistency – from how to mentally prepare for games to performing under pressure to building unstoppable confidence.

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