The Pillow Test
Today + Today + Today = Your Life
Do you realize the power of the present? Today is ALL you can control. The past is history, the future is a mystery and TODAY is the gift - that's why we call it the present.
TODAY is the day you must DOMINATE. All of the championships you want to win will take care of themselves if you take care of TODAY.
Tonight when your head hits the pillow you will take the "Pillow Test." You will ask yourself, "Did I do everything I could today to get better and take one step closer towards my goals?"
If the answer is "Yes, I am glad I did," then you won the day. If your answer is "I wish I had," then you lost the day and your competition took a step forward.
Now Go Win the Day!
Coach
Green Light Awareness
Please answer the following questions below to help develop a better understanding of your green-light mentality and to become more aware of how you experience green lights.
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MENTAL: What do you say to yourself when you are in green lights?
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PHYSICAL: How do you feel physically when you are in green lights?
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SITUATIONAL: What situations in performance trigger green lights for you?
Please read a previous blog to fully understand bowler mindset awareness - the traffic light system.
GREEN MEANS GO!
ROUTINES HELP YOU GET GREEN
Yellow Light Awareness
Please answer the following questions below to help develop a better understanding of your yellow-light mentality and to become more aware of how you experience yellow lights.
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MENTAL: What do you say to yourself when you are in yellow lights?
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PHYSICAL: How do you feel physically when you are in yellow lights?
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SITUATIONAL: What situations in performance trigger yellow lights for you?
Please read a previous blog to fully understand bowler mindset awareness - the traffic light system.
YELLOW MEANS CHECK IN AND EITHER SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP!
ROUTINES HELP YOU GET GREEN
Red Light: Awareness
Understand Your Red Light
Please answer the following questions below to help develop a better understanding of your red-light mentality and to become more aware of how you experience red lights.
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MENTAL: What do you say to yourself when you are in red lights?
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PHYSICAL: How do you feel physically when you are in red lights?
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SITUATIONAL: What situations in performance trigger red lights for you?
Please read a previous blog to fully understand bowler mindset awareness - the traffic light system.
RED MEANS STOP!
IF YOU PLAY IN RED LIGHTS, YOU WILL BEAT YOURSELF
Win the Day,
Coach Shady
Routines = Consistency = Peak Performance
Develop Routines
Routines help you to be consistent in performance. Having a routine that you go through to transition from student to bowler or from shot to shot is necessary in that the routine helps you create the mindset that you need for success.
Routines to Develop
Pre Tournament
Pre Shot
Post Shot
Post Tournament
The image I like to use for routines is that of an hourglass. Like the hourglass shape depicts, the routine has a funneling into the performance and then a funneling out. It creates consistency (the same thing over and over again).
The “moment” for you will arrive sometime this bowling season. It could be to make a tournament cut, winning an individual/team championship with the first strike in the 10th frame, etc. Whatever it may happen to be, the "moment" will arrive. Build your routines so the “moment” is just another shot and the foundation of your peak performance are because of your routines.
Now, go WIN THE DAY!!
Coach
Control Your Controllables
Great bowlers are consistent and put all of their energy into what they can control. They never focus on results, outcomes, bad breaks, opponents, etc. These players reflect back on how well they performed based on their controllables in the event and don't waste time on the uncontrollables.
Let's take a look at bowling's controllables and uncontrollables. If you want consistency and peak performance start eliminating your focus on the uncontrollables. Now go Win the Day!
Controllables vs Uncontrollables
Controllables vs. Uncontrollables