Imagery, self-talk, relaxation, concentration, and goal setting is effective in helping athletes to enhance and maintain performance. Make time for self evaluation/ meditation to stimulate a positive mindset as an athlete. Being able to know your thought process can help you get out of a negative state of mind or irrational belief. This will aid in attaining a clear goal when you know what can hold you back. 

Being new to the exercise realm can be intimidating. Forming an exercise routine can be difficult if you do not know what you are doing. Though you can always incorporate some kind of physical activity in your day by following some of the 10 easy daily activities listed above. 

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Say you go sign up for a new gym membership to start your fitness journey. It is always advisable to consult with any of the local personal trainers. They are trained to be empathetic to their clients and also be accommodating to form a routine for you based on your goals. This is the same for starting any sports you join. The coaches will train you for the sport you want to play. Although if there is any point in time where you can recognize any negative coaching styles or incompatible relationships by any of these professions you always have the ability to stop and try something else.  

Most sports have a high level of demandingness. To be able to balance school, work, sports or physical activity, social life, and self-care is gods work. Due to these major stressors students are inclined to be more angry, have disordered eating, relationship problems, self sabotage, procrastination, and even substance abuse. The goal is to have rational beliefs that you are able to control for higher athletic performance. Pointing out what stressors can induce self sabotage have a great relationship with managing behavioral consequences that high demandingness can provoke. 

When people start a new exercise program it is likely they will discontinue. This is normal because there can be a multitude of reasons why they stop. Nonetheless, starting slow goals to ease back into it is better than just jumping in. 

 Especially in 2020 when COVID cases started rising all athletic activities were stopped to prevent the spread. Home workouts were more common during the 2019-2021 period. "The mental health, physical activities, and quality of life of US adolescents during the COVID-19 related school closures and sports cancellations varied depending on sex, grade level, type of sport participation, and level of poverty" (McGuine, 2021, pg. 17). As COVID greatly affected our physical health, many individuals got financially affected as well during the pandemic. It is noted that individuals in poverty had greater symptoms of anxiety, depression, low levels of physical activity and lower quality of life. Therefore, researchers should asses if the health of this group may be improved by targeting sports and exercise opportunities to them.

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