In the sports world, mental training is getting increasingly important. The tension and pressure faced by the athletes becomes stronger and stronger, and people's internal balance is constantly challenged by internal and external obstacles.
TimeLight Method is a mental training system giving you “fundamentals”: it teaches you the mind's Abc’s and gives you the basic tools which allow you to use it in the best possible way.
Our goal is facilitating the athlete's or the team's personal growth process, in terms of awareness of one’s own skills, confidence, self-esteem, ability to focus; all leading therefore to a better performance. The method aims to get as close as possible to individual sports excellence through the person's mind.
Each of us can aim to our own personal level of top performance, the question is: how do we get there?
Mental training is the answer.
Pictures from Adriatica Industriale Ruvo di Puglia Basket team amateurs.
An athlete running 100m thinking with all their energy to get to the finish line and feeling the motivation which draws them, will surely score a better time than someone running and seeing their goal, but thinking something different.
Mind-body alignment is therefore crucial.
The TimeLight® Method is the key for aligning the person or the team to achieve the result. The purpose is having the athlete run towards the goal with body and mind together, till they reaches their best performance.
Federico Taccetti, Lanciotto Ski Club.
The method therefore deals with the athlete's mental state, their beliefs and skills, focusing on creating the most functional emotional conditions and taking care of the environment as well: what the athlete is surrounded by, both during the competition's crucial moment and during training sessions.
Our intention is creating the right internal and external conditions to enable the athlete or the team to really give their best.
The Timelight® Method is mental training for the athletes who want to achieve their top performance.
Detailed applications of Timelight Method:
A) Development of individual athlete or team-member:
- finding and utilizing their best resources, how to have them available in times of need.
- acquiring the know-how required to focus and reach their best performance.
- stress management, reaching and keeping the most functional mental/emotional/physical state for the match.
B) Intervention on the team:
- team motivation.
- team building.
- communication and cooperation between team members.
- finding and activating the required resources for the best performance of the team.
- stress management and how to deal effectively with the tension before and during matches. - reachingand keeping concentration.
- aligning team members with the sports club’s values and goals.
C) Support tools for the coach and/or the sports club’s directors:
- tools for effective communication.
- tools for understanding and managing the team.
- team and individual athlete’s motivation.
- stress management, how to keep emotionally centred and mentally focused.
- how to quickly make important decisions in difficult times.
- public speaking.
- developing problem solving skills.
Pictures from Olympia Massa volleyball team, Quasar Serie A2.
Marco Pirolli, Lanciotto Ski Club.
CGC Viareggio Hockey team, A1 league.
CGC Viareggio Hockey team, A1 league
Amateurs First League, 2009-2010 season, first match between Adriatica Industriale Ruvo di Puglia versus Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto - Thomas Bossini scores the crucial point.
Simone Bonfiglio and Andrea Zerini: Playmaker and Wing of Adriatica Industriale Ruvo di Puglia basketball team
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