Coaching practices for Self Talk Strategies on a Budget
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I already know the exact situations that throw me
- I want to fix what I say to myself when I compete, but if I’m honest I can’t even reliably remember what that was
- When a problem gets hard my mind just goes quiet and blank and I sort of stall out staring at it
- In the moment my mind goes blank and the only voice in my head is “you can’t handle this”
- The second I’m hurting, the voice in my head turns cold and contemptuous and piles on
Practices that may help
- Prepare "if-then" self-talk scripts for predictable pressure moments
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical - Monitor your self-talk patterns to identify what to change
Track what you actually say to yourself during and after performance before trying to change it.
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical - Use self-directed speech to regulate problem-solving
Talk yourself through a hard task aloud; private speech is an internalized coaching voice.
Zone of Proximal Development: Learning at Your Real Edge - Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical
Self-talk — the internal or external commentary we generate before and during performance — reliably affects performance outcomes, according to meta-analyses by Hatzigeorgiadis and colleagues. Instructional self-talk improves fine motor skill; motivational self-talk improves power and endurance tasks. The specific content and function of the self-talk matter more than whether it is positive or negative. - Prepare coping self-talk in advance
Script what you will say to yourself at the trigger, during the peak, and afterward — before you need it.
Stress Inoculation Training - Warm self-talk
Speak to yourself in distress the way you would speak to a struggling friend — warmly, honestly, and without blame.
Self-Soothing, Made Practical - Use verbal self-instruction to initiate
Say out loud — or in writing — the exact action you are about to do before you do it.
Task Initiation: Overcoming the Start Problem - Confess when you are prepared
If you tell people you prepared well, failure costs more — so you prepare more.
Self-Handicapping: Recognizing and Stopping the Excuse Setup - Replace critic monologue with compassionate self-talk
Speak to yourself the way you would speak to a close friend in the same situation.
Working With Your Inner Critic - Use "we" language to describe your struggles
Shift from "I always fail at this" to "this is something a lot of us find hard."
Common Humanity, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Self Talk Strategies When Starting Out
Say out loud — or in writing — the exact action you are about to do before you do it.
Use verbal self-instruction to initiate
- Hatzigeorgiadis Self Talk
Self-talk — the internal or external commentary we generate before and during performance — reliably affects performance outcomes, according to meta-analyses by Hatzigeorgiadis and colleagues. Instructional self-talk improves fine motor skill; motivational self-talk improves power and endurance tasks. The specific content and function of the self-talk matter more than whether it is positive or negative.
- How To Use Self Talk Effectively
Self-talk — the internal or external commentary we generate before and during performance — reliably affects performance outcomes, according to meta-analyses by Hatzigeorgiadis and colleagues. Instructional self-talk improves fine motor skill; motivational self-talk improves power and endurance tasks. The specific content and function of the self-talk matter more than whether it is positive or negative.
- If Then Self Talk
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
Prepare "if-then" self-talk scripts for predictable pressure moments
- Kind Self Talk
Speak to yourself the way you would speak to a close friend in the same situation.
Replace critic monologue with compassionate self-talk
- Meichenbaum Self Talk
Script what you will say to yourself at the trigger, during the peak, and afterward — before you need it.
Prepare coping self-talk in advance
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