IMG Academy+ Essentials Workshop

Conquering Pre-Competition Anxiety

  • 22 min Interactive Workshop  
  • 5 min Q&A 
  • Downloadable Resources 
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Use Your Anxiety to Your Advantage

Learn helpful strategies to overcome pre-competition anxiety so you can perform at your best.

Unpack Anxiety

Learn how to define anxiety and identify some ways anxiety might appear for you in your own life.

Tackle Pre-Game Jitters

Get practical tips and exercises you can use daily to conquer your pre-competition anxiety.

Perform Your Best

Use your anxiety as fuel that can unlock your best performances!

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Workshop Chapters

1. Get Your Head in the Game

Start off with a quick exercise and some real life examples to focus in and get the most out of the workshop.

2. Define Anxiety

Learn how to define anxiety, and the difference between cognitive and somatic symptoms.

3. Pre-Competition Anxiety

Discover how to use anxiety to your benefit no matter what challenges you face.

4. Preparing for Pre-Competition Anxiety

Get practical tips and exercises to prepare for the normal feelings that come your way before you compete.

5. Managing Pre-Competition Anxiety

Learn how to manage your anxiety in real-time with focus cues and self talk phrases.

6. Wrap-Up

Recap key takeaways from the workshop.

7. Coach Q&A

Coach Rachel answers real questions from student-athletes. Don't see your question answered? Ask Coach Rachel directly in the community!

meet your coach

Mental Performance Coach
Rachel Hoeft

Rachel is a mental performance coach who strives to help athletes feel confident in their abilities to succeed. Throughout her career as a competitive soccer player and track runner, Rachel sustained a total of 3 ACL tears and a meniscus tear, which fueled her passion for pursuing a career in sport psychology. These experiences allow her to connect with players who have faced the most difficult of obstacles, knowing that no challenge is too big to overcome when you commit to developing your mental game.

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Immerse yourself into an experience led by an IMG Academy+ Coach and practice skills you can apply to your life right now.

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Ask questions, get answers and connect with IMG Academy+ coaches and other athletes in the virtual community.

DOWNLOAD YOUR RESOURCES

Save key takeaways and learnings for later so you can access them whenever you want, however you want.

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