It can be easy to look at the top athletes in our sport and see them as superheroes. People born with superhuman talent and skill, unmatchable by us mere mortals. This sort of idolising is a sign of the fixed mindset creeping in. We need to believe that our idols were once like us and what got them to the level they are is hard work and grit. We must be able to believe we can get there, we can achieve greatness.

In this article we’re going to have a look at how you can approach different areas of your sport and how to adjust your mindset to improve performance. The importance of mindset training for action sports like skating, surfing, bmxing etc.

If your passion is in action sports, then you already know how hard it is some days. Finding the energy, overcoming fear, committing to a trick, or just having the consistency on tricks you can normally do during a contest, can all be a frustrating situations.