The level that an athlete performs on any given day depends on five main things, physical skills, and mental skills, level of technical skill, strategic awareness, and chance. “Chance" is all those variables that are not under the athlete's control, such as the weather and how good the opposition is. As there are always some uncontrollable things in sports, performance is left up to chance to some extent. To help an athlete get the “chance” …showed first 75 words of 919 total…

…showed last 75 words of 919 total…will cause a decrease in focus. It is important to focus on your goal as well as in your visualization. Focus is used in almost every aspect of everyday life. Sports psychology is one of the fastest growing professions in the sports medicine field. 1/3 golfers have a sports psychologist and with the help of returning after an injury and helping the over all game it’s a wonder every athletic department doesn’t have one.