MANAGING THE MENTAL GAME – BECOME THE HANDLER YOUR DOG DESERVES!
Are you struggling with trial nerves before and during a trial? Do you do well in training, but your performance drops at competition? Are you thrown off your game when something unexpected happens? Do you dwell on past failures? Do negative comments or people affect you? Are you an instructor or trial official who experiences “impostor syndrome”? Do you tell your friends that “your dog needs a better handler”?
You and your dog have all the physical skills needed for nose work competition: observation skills, handling skills, problem-solving skills, etc., but yet, you feel you are not performing at your best or achieving the results you should in trials…?!?
Ask yourself how much of your dog sport is “mental”, especially as you are moving up the competition ladder? Perhaps 75-90%? How much time and effort have you invested so far to build YOUR MENTAL GAME? Probably under 20%! This is where Mental Management® comes in!
Did you know that “olfactory cues of HUMAN STRESS MAY AFFECT DOGS’ cognition and learning, which, if true, could have important consequences for dog welfare and WORKING PERFORMANCE”? Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66147-1
Your dog is already doing his part – now YOU need to start doing yours!
SKILLS TRAINING + MENTAL MANAGEMENT® = PERFORMANCE SUCCESS!
Mental Management® is a proven and established system that was created by Olympic Gold Medalist Lanny Bassham, to help competitors control their mind and perform consistently under pressure.
Mental Management® is for YOU if:
- You suffer from trial nerves
- You compare yourself to other teams
- You are affected by impostor syndrome
- You lack or lose confidence
- You don’t trust yourself or your dog
- You lose focus
- You are thrown off your game when something unexpected happens
- You let negative people or comments affect you
- You cannot let go of past failures
- Your performance is inconsistent
AND
YOU WANT TO DO WELL CONSISTENTLY and BE A BETTER TEAM MEMBER FOR YOUR DOG!
Let Silke, Certified Mental Management Coach (level III), help you improve your mental game in training and in competition! Contact me NOW!
Watch this brief 5-minute video how Mental Management® can help YOU improve your performance in nose work competitions!
“When the Conscious, Subconscious and Self-Image are balanced and working together, good performance seems easy.” (Lanny Bassham)
AFTER Mental Management Implementation – results to date:
Two HIT 1st Place Overall in NW3
Multiple 1st, 2nd and 3rd Search Area Placements in NW3
Two 2nd Place Overall in Elite
One 3rd Place Overall in Elite
Multiple 1st and 2nd Search Area Placements in Elite
1st Place Overall in an ELT-S
1st Place Overall in L1E, L2E and L2C
2nd Place Overall in L1C
3rd Place Overall in L1V
And still going strong!
Snap L2C video compilation “1st place OVERALL, incl. two 1st placements and one 2nd placement”