ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces common performance-enhancing strategies, namely self-talk, goal setting, and visualization, which performers use in high-pressure contexts (e.g., military, sport, business, performing arts) and describes how individuals operating in these contexts and human performance practitioners can use these strategies in their mental performance programs. The core of high performance lies in the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural virtues of the individual. Mental skills training focuses on developing strategies before, during, and after events to manage the unique psychological (and physical and social) stressors that emerge in high-performance domains. The current chapter provides the evidence base and the implementation recommendations for the three techniques discussed here.
