How Do Your Respond To
Losing During A Game?
Have you ever played a game or competition where you found yourself or your team losing by a significant margin? Time may have seemed to be running out for a comeback as the deficit may have appeared insurmountable. How did you respond mentally? Did your team panic? Or did your team let down and give up? Many athletes and teams will simply go through the motions to merely finish the game. In essence, those athletes gave up on themselves. Championship teams refuse to quit until the final whistle. Championship teams exhibit resiliency and resourcefulness and search for a way to achieve success. They do not panic when losing. They may not always win the game but fight to the finish.
The Indianapolis Colts bounced back from a 28-point deficit in the 2014 AFC wild card game against the Kansas City Chiefs in one of the most epic comebacks in NFL playoff history. In the beginning of the third quarter, the Chiefs scored a touchdown to take a 38-10 lead. Despite the odds, the Colts remained focused and overcame the deficit to earn a 45-44 victory. It is only the second time in NFL playoff history a team rallied from a deficit of 28 or more points to win.
What reason did the Colts attribute for their successful comeback? Like all successful athletes and teams, it lies within their mindset which includes; staying calm under pressure, playing one play at a time, competing from your strengths, focusing on what you can control and never quitting despite the odds.
Coby Fleener, Colts tight end, described quarterback Andrew Luck’s ability to remain calm under pressure despite the emotion of critical moments during games, “He does get angry with himself but at no point is he throwing in the towel. He handles (these situations) the same way. It’s the realization there is no one play that is going to get you back in the game. It is a series of positive plays to mount a comeback.”
Andrew Luck credits his team’s never-say-die attitude, “I’ll say one thing, this team has never panicked since I’ve been a part of this club. They’ve never panicked in any game we’ve been a part of – up big, down big, close game, first quarter, fourth quarter.” Luck went on to say that his team immerses their selves in the game and stay focused on what they can control, “These guys just play football.” Finally, Luck described the key to coming back is playing one play at a time, “We were sort of reaffirming that on the sidelines we don’t need anything special… there is no 28 point score.”
Keys to a Comeback:
- You must believe in your abilities and play to your strengths.
- You need to concentrate on one play at a time.
- You must be able to manage your emotions and focus on what you need to do.
- You must commit to fight every second of every game.
If you dedicate yourself to adopting these characteristics, you will risk more to change the outcomes of games.
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~Julia Dreyer, National Champion Equestrian
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The Confident Sports Kid is a 7-day program for sports parents and kids to boost young athlete’s performance, happiness and success… in sports and life!
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Packed with mental strategies that you and your kids can start using immediately, this program teaches your athletes how to identify confidence busters, proactively deal with them, manage expectations that undermine confidence, and mentally prepare to stay confident when faced with adversity.
What’s more, our program teaches you, as sports parents and coaches, how you may be hurting your kids’ confidence and gives you instructions for changing your behavior in ways that will improve your athletes’ performance, confidence and enjoyment.
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“I appreciate the advice to parents as to how to help your child become more mentally resilient to bullying in sports. The specific advice and scenarios are extremely helpful for any child on a team and very helpful in guiding parents, coaches and administrators in how to deal with bullying in sports. I cannot thank you enough for your input, and I am so reassured to know that there are people like you who are writing articles and doing interviews on such timely and important matters.”
~Julie Goot
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~Marc D. Anderson, LCSW, MGCP, Mental Game Coach
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The Athlete’s Mental Edge workbooks complement your existing mental training program. Each of the 15 workbooks in the Athlete’s Mental Edge System teaches your athletes a specific mental skill to improve their performance.
For mental coaches, this system is ideal for between session education.
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In the Athlete’s Mental Edge workbook system, you receive 15 easy-to-read, practical Mental Edge Workbooks on PDF, as well as 16 coaches’ game plan MP3 audio files.
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~Kerri Morgan, Mental Game Coach
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~Tony Melito, MGCP