Mental Toughness

Mental Toughnes

   Think you’re tough? Think you’ve got what it takes to be a street warrior? While you may the physical strength and skills to match, mental toughness can often be something that eludes many individuals.

Mental toughness is having the natural or developed psychological edge that enables you to:

1) Generally, cope better than your opponents with the many demands (competition, training, and lifestyle) that sport places on a performer; and,

2) Specifically, be more consistent and better than your opponents in remaining determined, focused, confident, and in control under pressure.

            Can you take insults without having to throw them back? Can you accept being shoved in the back without needing to turn around and pummel the guy who did it? Can you stand by and watch someone else save the day, steal the glory, or rescue the girl?

            Mental toughness is one of the most difficult psychological aspects to develop in any type of warfare, and being mentally tough doesn’t guarantee that things won’t get to you once in a while. You still are human and your emotions are what keep you from becoming an unfeeling machine.

            There are going to be losses. That is a guarantee. It might not happen today, or tomorrow, but eventually you’re going to experience loss. Everyone loses at something at one time or another. How you respond to those losses is what defines your mental toughness.