Mindfulness in Sports: Enhancing Athlete Performance with Dr. Alex Auerbach

Yeah, I mean, I think the foundational practice here is mindfulness practice. You know, we know regular mindfulness training can improve concentration, can improve focus. And so a simple place to start is just five minutes a day, right, of focusing on your breath and really sustaining that attention as you get distracted, coming back and returning the focus to the breath. And that that act of being distracted and coming back to the moment can actually help strengthen your ability to be present. So I think that's a really simple starting point, but there are other kind of creative things you can do to help direct your attention. So the other really simple intervention I love is it's called when it stands for what's important now. It's just when you find yourself kind of out of the moment. One simple way to bring your attention back is to just ask yourself what's important now, and the answer to that question should help you lock in and redirect your attention to whatever you need to be focusing on. And so, you know, I think mindfulness is great for sustaining that kind of practice over time.