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Introduction
Introduction
Athletes' mental health is something that isn't talked about enough. Throughout my career playing soccer I've experienced many ups and many downs, which have challenged me mentally. The pressure of big games and the expectation to perform, the pain of injury, and missing out on big games, all can lead to feelings of depression, low self-esteem, and lack of confidence. Athlete's mental health is a pressing issue and needs to be prioritized especially considering that 22.3% of athletes struggle with depression according to the National Library of Medicine. My mentor Steve Conca recommended I read "Athlete I'm Talking to You" by Andrew Simpson.
BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW
This book discusses mentality hacks that help an athlete shift their perspectives of sports to a more healthy outlook which allows the athlete to enjoy and thrive. The book does this by using stories of high-level athletes' struggles and triumphs to help the reader relate to and learn from their hardships. There are also writing activities to help the reader through the book and have a better understanding of the content. I enjoyed this book because I could relate to the stories of the athletes, which helped me see how people in my similar position dealt with their challenges. Something that deterred me at first was the cliche writing throughout the beginning leading me to think it was going to have no useful information and just sport motivation content. Instead, this book displayed useful content that personally helped me with my outlook on sports. I would recommend this book to any athlete that is going through a hard time with personal identity in sports or injury and setbacks. I also think the book would be beneficial for any athlete to read to help set a healthy mindset surrounding sports.
How This book Helped Me
How This book Helped Me
Through this study I suffered an injury that left me out of action for a month, this was hard because I've dealt with countless injuries and I've been feeling frustrated and struggling with self-esteem. I turned to my mentor, Steve Conca for advice. He gave me this book to study. The book helped me with my personal identity and self-worth in my sport. This book shares stories of other athletes experiencing similar things as I have, and what they learned. The most powerful lesson I took away from these stories was as an athlete you get a lot of your perceived self-worth from sports which can be unhealthy because your self-worth is so much more than how well you kick a ball. When I was able to realize this it allowed me to take a lot of pressure off of myself subsequently making me enjoy my sport more.
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