To realize the ideal play, what I can do to achieve an athlete's complete focus on the game is to consistently create conditions that are close to the athlete's ideal. This means eliminating problems and improving overall conditioning. To achieve this goal, I focus on the following three points:
Identification of Issues: Providing simple methods for athletes to assess their physical fatigue levels (such as assessing joint mobility) and increasing awareness of conditioning. It's crucial for athletes to recognize their own issues.
Information Sharing: Drawing solutions from the experiences of various Olympic athletes over the past 25 years and finding commonalities in movements like running, jumping, and rotating across different sports to lead to problem-solving.
Self-sufficiency: Encouraging athletes, who tend to be passive, to understand the importance of conditioning and actively engage in it. It's crucial for athletes to understand that quality conditioning is their responsibility.
The ultimate goal of these efforts is for athletes to understand that conditioning is their own responsibility. By changing the mindset that "it's too much trouble," "it hurts so I won't do it," "I don't have time," or "I'm just following orders," athletes can realize that without proper conditioning, quality practice is impossible, rendering training meaningless.
Athletes who approach training with this mindset, regardless of the gap in their goals, seem to lead fulfilling athletic lives. The shortcut to achieving one's own gold medal is to develop high-quality conditioning. Conditioning isn't just for top athletes; I believe it should be a fundamental part of every child's sports education.
How was "Winning the Gold Medal Tips Vol.3"? While each athlete faces slightly different challenges on the path toward their goals, I hope readers understand that there are fundamental aspects they must overcome, as highlighted throughout this series.
Finally, let me share an example of how conditioning dramatically revived an out-of-form soccer player:
Imagining a straight line on the patella and massaging it deeply with the thumb in sequence (spending time to loosen any stiff areas). This helps balance the quadriceps, stabilizing gameplay.
Massaging the stiffness behind the ankle (deep into the Achilles tendon). This relieves fatigue, restores ankle mobility, and increases running speed.
Self-massaging the deep inner thigh near the groin (psoas muscle). This reduces lower body fatigue, making movement feel lighter and improving athletic performance.
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