Digital Content Library for NIN & NSOs

• Are your athletes mentally ready for competition?
• Does your NSO have a Mental Performance in Competition Curriculum?

NSOs are supported to design their Mental Performance in Competition (MPC) Curriculum. The AIS will provide consultation, content, training, and funding to deliver the NSOs curriculum through their performance pathway.

Create a personalised learning experience and periodised curriculum with the aim for all Australian athletes to be Competition and Games Ready!

Please browse the library and then register to borrow digital content to support your MPC Curriculum. If you don’t have an MPC Curriculum in development please register your interest in consultation with our Games Ready Senior Consultants.

Introduction to Mental Performance in Competition Modules

Harnessing Thoughts & Emotions for Best Performance in Competition

Stress and Performance in Competition

Learn about the stress responses system, physiological responses to stress, and what to do in competition

Topics/Subjects:

• Introduction
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Stress Bing
• Threat v Challenge
• Breathing for Performance

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Focussed Awareness

Learn about regions of the brain associated with attention and awareness, so that you are less distracted by thoughts and emotions and can direct your focus to perform best in competition.

Topics/Subjects:

• Introduction
• Autonomic Focused Awareness Activity

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Ready to Perform

Learn a simple process so you can accept and move through intense thoughts and emotions, and direct your focus to your performance.

Topics/Subjects:

• Introduction
• Ready Model Theory
• Build Your Own Ready Model
• Introduction to Choice Point Theory
• Charlie's Choice Point Activity

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Directing Focus on Best Performance in Competition

Train with Intent

Athletes are often instructed to train with intent. Learn about the benefits of having intent for every training session and how to review performance in training day to day to get the best out of every session.

Topics/Subjects:

• Introduction to train with intent

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Competition Day Plans (CPD)

Athletes are often conscious of their physical preparation for training and competition, but are less clear when it comes to the mental preparation required. Understand the 5-stages of a competition day plan.

Topics/Subjects:

• Introduction to CPD
• Create your CDP
• Scenario Testing your CDP

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Ready for Anything

Athletes have experienced a number of unwanted, unplanned and unexpected events in competition. Identify and problem solve how to adapt to these events that may very likely occur and disrupt preparation at some time in an athletes career.

Topics/Subjects:

• Introduction to Ready for Anything
• Prepare, Perform, Recover, Sleep, Repeat

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Gold Medal Moments

Learn from the experiences of athletes who have achieved success at the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games.

Curtis McGrath - Canoe/kayak

Paralympic gold medallist, canoe/Kayaker, Curtis McGrath talks about his gold medal moment at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

Priya Cooper - Swimming

Swimmer, Priya Cooper talks about her gold medal moment at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

Matt Levy - Swimming

Five time Paralympian, swimmer, Matthew Levy talks about his gold medal moment at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

Stephanie Rice - Swimming

Olympic gold medallist, swimmer, Stephanie Rice talks about her gold medal moment at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Steve Hooker - Athletics

Olympic gold medallist, pole vaulter, Steve Hooker talks about his gold medal moment at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Kim Brennan - Rowing

Olympic gold medallist, rower, Kim Brennan talks about her gold medal moment at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

More information

For more information, please email mpc@ausport.gov.au