Sport Specific Mental Training for Volleyball and Basketball.

Mental conditioning of an athlete or explorer is something to which team members and leaders seldom pay sufficient attention despite its huge importance. Above all, it is paramount to know the initial motivations of a person, which induce him or her into undergoing a certain training programme.

In this way, trainers, coaches and sponsors will know if the athlete in question has what it takes to finish the program; they will know also if once the initial training process is finished, if the person will deliver what has been invested.

Even the most and best motivated person, the most efficient team member that begins such a training programme may prove to be inadaptable to new and changing circumstances which are part of the life of any organisation, from the smallest sports team to the biggest corporation.

Evolution is one of the rules of nature, and while humans have not only the physical ability of living organisms to adapt, being intelligent animals means that human being can adapt mentally. It is thus the responsibility of any coach or group leader to understand the adaptability levels of each member in order to recognise those who are likely to fail and thus, avoid investing too much capital - money, time, etc. - on them when the time comes. Of course, attempts to turn them into more flexible members should be undertaken, but if that proves unsatisfactory, then replacements should be programmed.

One of the things that are the landmark of inadaptable team members is the degree of structure that they want in their lives. People who are highly structured are less adaptable and more prone to suffer such problems. Thus, if in a sports team, a research group or military unit, just to cite a few examples, there is a highly skilled and competent individual that is also a structured person, his or her above-average work should not be considered universal or infallible: that person may indeed be competent, but most likely, it will be so only under very specific and favourable circumstances for his or her personality, and there is no guarantee that the same level of proficiency - or any at all - would be obtainable after environmental changes.

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