By Adam Nicholls
Adam Nicholls explains the upsides and downsides of perfectionism in sport, and how to manage perfectionism to maximise performance.
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Setting high goals is great, but how you deal with falling short determines how long you’re willing to keep chasing them.
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In the past few weeks, my journey took an unexpected path but one that has taught me so much and helped me grow. I learned a couple of key lessons.
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Through the size of her platform, however, and her decision to choose well-being over pursuit of a Grand Slam title, Osaka offers the promise of bringing mental health awareness—both inside and outside of sports—to an entirely new level.
A couple of months of the year, encourage them to do something else. If they play soccer, they could switch off to tennis.