Yellow Light Awareness

Mike Shady, March 20, 2018

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.

1. MENTAL:  What do you say to yourself when you are in yellow lights?  

2. PHYSICAL:  How do you feel physically when you are in yellow lights?

3. 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

Mike Shady, March 20, 2018

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.

1. MENTAL:  What do you say to yourself when you are in red lights?   

2. PHYSICAL:  How do you feel physically when you are in red lights?

3. 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

Mike Shady, March 15, 2018

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

Mike Shady, March 14, 2018

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