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Title: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: InternalTraining on April 29, 2019, 01:18:33 PM
This is a great article! Mental toughness is an oft repeated phrase on the cricket field and it leaves people more confused and befuddled than ever. God bless this man for clearing the fog and myth around a concept that only (magically) applied to the best in the world. :D

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26630222/barefoot-coach-paddy-upton (http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26630222/barefoot-coach-paddy-upton)
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: dt-second-hand-cricket on April 29, 2019, 01:49:58 PM
massive thanks for sharing that!!!

i am in a bit of sh1tty situation at my club at the moment (being asked to play 1s, when i should be in the 3s) and have always been a massive pessimist about my own cricket and life in general really (which i find few understand at my club) - reading that has made me think about the sh1tty situation differently and has helped!!!
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: Wozaboxa on April 29, 2019, 05:51:24 PM
Quote from: DorsetDan on April 29, 2019, 05:07:32 PM
It is a good article that the majority of the cricket world would do well to take note of. Very few other sports write an individual off for not being “mentally tough enough” as happens in cricket far too frequently. Thanks for sharing
I've posted about this before, being a goalkeeper is plenty tough enough and I think a good 50% of that position is mental!

Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: potzy248 on April 29, 2019, 06:21:07 PM
Paddy Upton is awesome.He has a new book out that I'm trying to buy but only Amazon sell it and they don't ship to NZ.
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: InternalTraining on April 29, 2019, 06:56:24 PM
^ What is it called? "The Barefoot Coach"? The link I posted is excerpted from "The Barefoot Coach". It is also available on Kindle.
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: Tailendfielder on April 29, 2019, 09:33:51 PM
Mate of mine has been studying mental toughness with the rfu.

If your interested https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01270/full (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01270/full)
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: potzy248 on April 29, 2019, 10:17:19 PM
Quote from: InternalTraining on April 29, 2019, 06:56:24 PM
^ What is it called? "The Barefoot Coach"? The link I posted is excerpted from "The Barefoot Coach". It is also available on Kindle.

yes it is.

I don't have a kindle.
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: InternalTraining on April 30, 2019, 01:51:35 AM
^ You just need the Kindle app, don't need the device. You can download the Kindle app on your ios/android phone, mac, or ipad. It works.
Title: Re: What Is Mental Toughness?
Post by: anony on May 16, 2019, 10:37:48 AM
Quote from: DorsetDan on April 29, 2019, 05:07:32 PM
It is a good article that the majority of the cricket world would do well to take note of. Very few other sports write an individual off for not being “mentally tough enough” as happens in cricket far too frequently. Thanks for sharing
There seems to be a prevalence of mental health problems in cricket which isn't quite seen in other sports. I wonder if that is a result of all the talk around being mentally tough and the inevitable self doubt it can cause when a player isn't in form.