The very first step is to ask yourself- Do I want this and how much I am ready to give? Don't forget to give yourself an answer. When you have an answer it means you have made kind of promise to yourself and it means you can't cheat, you can't give up other ways you let yourself down.
In my opinion the most important step before every practice, before every small battle you going to fight with yourself is preparation. If you do it right and with high responsibility to your body, the half of the job for the day is done.
This is the most important step- Connect your mind with your body. Feel every muscle you are stretching, feel your inside temperature and adrenalin pumping into your veins. Feel the running difference between warming up and condition training. Feel the asphalt, dirt, grass or what ever it is under your feet. Feel the texture of your running suit. Feel the air around you and sunlight on your skin. Understand why are you doing this. Simply saying feel your body. If you still haven't discovered the limits of your body, do that! No one else can do it for you and no one will do it. Why don't start today? You have to live with yourself until rest of your life. Do it when you feel ready for it.
You can't lift a thumb up without a signal sent from your brain. You think you can? Well, some things we do unconsciously like heartbeats.. Mine beats all the time since 1989. Unconsciously. The body keeps us alive, we are what are we eating, and what we are doing for activities. It's not the body who decides, it's our minds. So powerful, don't you think? Control your mind and be good to yourself, your body, your heartbeat. Feel yourself!
"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. " // Jim Rohn
It's important to feel good. There will be bad days, I have them too, but don't forget about yourself. Sleep enough, feed yourself what you think is best for you, keep the eating schedules, develop yourself and mind. Mind is a powerful weapon. Use it wisely.
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Connecting the body and mind is important, yes, but - I think, as Simon Sivek has said, it has to start with the why. If you're starting to ask yourself why you are a goalie and don't find an answer, perhaps it is time to try something different. If you, on the other hand, ask yourself and do have a why... then I think that's the first step. As Friedrich Nietzche said: "the person with a why can bear almost any how." Without the why, the how can become hard in the long run I think...
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