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Mistake Ritual
"The Mistake Ritual"
Mistakes should not be dreaded. They are a powerful tool for learning and improving. Many successful people credit their success to being willing to risk making a mistake and learn from it.
"Mistakes are what kids worry about the most. An athlete on the field feels exposed for all to see. The fear of making a mistake occupies so much mindshare of youth athletes that it can paralyze them. If we can reduce the fear of making a mistake, there will be much more energy available to trying to learn the game and excel at it."
The Positive Coaching Allliance has developed the "mistake ritual" as a tool to help athletes learn to not fear mistakes and to bounce back from them quickly.
"A mistake ritual is simply a gesture and/or statement that individuals use to ward off the fear of making mistakes so they don't play timidly. A mistake ritual allows you to quickly "reset" and get ready for the next play or decision without wallowing in the past and beating yourself up for haveing made a mistake."
There are many mistake rituals, but two that are especially helpful:
Get everyone involved - the players, the coaches, the fans. Determine your own team ritual and watch how the players focus more readily on the next play!
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