Great Champions are The Best Under Pressure
You can become a great competitor when you learn to operate consistently in your Ideal Performance State
If your emotions are not tuned-up to endure competitive stress, you will show inefficient behaviors such as tanking, anger or choking
The most unusual emotional behavior under competitive pressure is The Challenge Response, a state of positive emotion under the most intense pressure (“loving the battle”).
When you train for Peak Performance, you learn to align the key factors that allow you to compete in your Ideal Performance State (IPS).
The same skills you learn in sports will be applicable to your role as a peak performer in other areas of your life
Peak Performance Training for Mental Toughness
TRAINING GOALS
Stay Cool and in Control under Pressure
Enjoy Tough Competition and become a Solutions Designer
Manage Anger Effectively
Stop Choking and become Mentally Tough
Recover from Slumps Faster and become Resilient
Classify Higher and consistently find opportunities for Breakthrough
Win More Competitions and Championships
TRAINING FUNDAMENTALS
Analysis of Peak Performance Factors and Evaluation of Personal Needs
Understanding of Key Factors that produce the Ideal Performance State
Monitoring Physical/Emotional Habits and Rituals
Design of Peak Performance Objectives for Competition
Enhancement of Physical and Emotional Training Skills
Enhancement of Intellectual/Analytical/Strategic Skills
Design of Integrated Training Routines for daily application
Weekly Skills Tracking Report
Great Champions are Outstanding Solutions Designers
PIETRO FITTIPALDI - FORMULA 1 TEAM HAAS RESERVE AND TEST DRIVER
enzo fittipaldi - 2018 fORMULA 4 ITALIAN CHAMPION
What Peak Performers do Better Than Anyone Else
Peak Performers in sports know how to operate in their Ideal Performance State (IPS). They train physically and mentally to access their IPS on cue, on-demand and sustain it consistently under pressure.
Peak Performers are willing to invest time, effort and resources to get what they want because they love what they do. Whenever they face obstacles, they resort to The Challenge Response instead of quitting, blaming circumstances or choking.
When Pietro Fittipaldi needed to win the 2017 Formula Renault 3.5 World Championship with one race to go (Bahrain), he focused on the task at hand day-by-day for six weeks, following a carefully designed Mental Toughness protocol. When race day came, he was ready to access his Ideal Performance State and deliver at this peak - and he won. His path to becoming an F1 Team Haas test and reserve driver in 2019 was not a bed or roses: he had a serious accident in Spa, Belgium on an LMP1 car and broke both legs. He had committed to racing the Indy500 and had to undergo a tough rehabilitation process instead. Within 4 months, he was racing IndyCar for Team Dale Coyne Honda and proving his resiliency, perseverance and determination. The racing media worldwide recognized him, and Team Haas realized they had found a unique individual to join them. Pietro understands and practices what it takes to become a world-class, legendary Champion - and so can you.
Peak Performers design their Moonshot and the stepping stones toward it
Peak Performers in sports know what they want and why they want it. They analyze their current situation and the resources at hand, but then they envision what’s possible - and go beyond it. They question their limitations and imagine “what can be.”
Peak Performers design their Moonshot, the plan to achieve their greatest aspiration, by practicing mental rehearsal. They patiently build a path to it. As disciplined practitioners, they engage in project management by reinforcing their strengths, improving their weaknesses, learning what they need and practicing as if they already are what they want.
Enzo Fittipaldi wanted to be a Champion, like his brother Pietro. We embarked in a year-long process of designing his path, focusing on becoming “The Best Under Pressure” as he competed in the 2018 Formula 4 Italian and German Championships. At the start, he had to balance the stress of his life at the Ferrari Development Academy and racing by finding ways to recover. Enzo is very competitive and focused, yet he learned to enjoy the pressure to put together fast qualifying laps that led to 22 podiums, 14 pole positions, 8 victories, the F4 Italian Championship and #3 in the German Championship. You too can learn to "love the battle" and summon positive emotions to carry out the winning strategy that delivers Championships.
For Champions, a Dream is a Goal with a Deadline
WITH GABRIELA SABATINI - 1990 U.S. OPEN CHAMPION
SERGI BRUGUERA - 1993-1994 FRENCH OPEN CHAMPION (CENTER) WITH DR. jIM LOEHR (L) AND LLUIS BRUGUERA (R)
Passionately Engage with your Goal and Make it a Reality
Peak Performers in sports are motivated by committing to a personal goal. Their passion for achievement shuts out doubts and fear of failure. There’s only one path forward: learning, improving and enjoying every success. They understand that professional sports requires a team and emotional support. Those who become Champions nurture positive relationships and ask for help when they feel lost.
I met Gabriela Sabatini when she was a shy and talented 9-year old tennis player in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 11, she was beating 20-year old players (that’s when I realized she was a future Champion). At 15, she was in the semi-finals of the French Open playing against Chris Evert. There was never a doubt that Gabriela would be a top-3 WTA player. However, in 1990 and when she was #3 in the world, her father called me asking for help: Gabriela wanted to quit playing. Sport psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr and I met with the family that same evening in Miami. We identified key issues that were hampering her progress and killing her joy. Her dream was to win a Grand Slam, so we designed a precisely monitored approach to help Gabriela recover her confidence and the results started to improve. Within 5 intense months, Gabriela Sabatini won the U.S. Open Championship, her first and only Grand Slam, beating her nemesis Steffi Graf in the final. She went on to become a Wimbledon finalist, a Tennis Hall of Fame inductee and one of the most recognized and celebrated women in sports. It was a remarkable example of the power of full physical and emotional engagement in the crafting of your dreams. You too can find out what goal deserves your passionate commitment and find out how to make it a reality.
Your Commitment to your Quest determines Who You Become
Peak performers question their assumptions and their limiting beliefs. They constantly monitor their situation and their progress and are willing to challenge what they know and how they perform.
Peak performers determine the core competencies they need to excel and reach the top of their sport. They identify what capabilities lead to dominate their field and train systematically to enjoy consistent results. There’s no other goal but the top.
Sergi Bruguera was coached by his father Lluis at their Bruguera Tennis Academy in Barcelona, Spain and rose to the top 20 ATP players in 1990. Always an insightful and wise coach, Lluis Bruguera realized that tennis was changing and for Sergi to reach the top 10 he had to evolve his game. Dr. Jim Loehr and I traveled to Barcelona for two years, monitoring Sergi’s mental training and helping the father-son team improve their communication. Gradually, Sergi started to mature as a competitor and became a fierce and confident opponent of the top ranked players. In 1993, Sergi won the French Open Championship, repeating his victory in 1994 and rising to #3 in the world. He was recognized as the most dominant player on clay courts during the period 1990 to 1994 thanks to his consistency and mental toughness, and he was also a silver medalist at the Olympic Games in 1996. His success paved the way for other Spanish clay court experts to appear in the world scene and at Grand Slams, such as Alberto Berasategui, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Albert Costa, Alex Corretja, Carlos Moya and ultimately Rafael Nadal. When you commit, you too can become a Champion.
Two Leading Emirati Sisters, Two Racing Winners
Amna Al Qubaisi
Amna competed in gymnastics for over 10 years, training in the UAE and In the USA where she reached Elite level. In the UAE she won medals and aspired to compete in the Olympics. Tough training routines and injuries stopped her from pursuing her dreams so she took interest in motorsports at the age of 14, when she saw her father Khaled compete in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. Amna felt inspired by her father and begged him to put her in a karting academy, aspiring to reach the pinnacle of motorsports, Formula 1. She trained daily for long hours in Al Forsan karting track with her father as her coach, hoping to be chosen among 50 drivers. At the end of multiple assessments only 2 drivers made it: Amna and her teammate Saeed. After tough 4 years of karting, Amna finally won the UAE Rotes Max Challenge and competed in internationally, claiming good positions in prestigious championships. She secured the sponsorship of Kaspersky to participate in the Italian F4 Championship, the toughest in Europe, with the top Team Prema. She competed for two seasons. Her first race in F4 was her best as she finished in the top 12 out of 34. We started her mental toughness and peak performance training in September 2019. She was able to absorb new concepts and apply them in testing and during the last races of the calendar. Her confidence grew steadily from week to week, as we refined her competitive rituals. Then she entered her last race in F4 during the F1 Weekend in Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi on November 2019, where she won her first race, becoming the first Arab Emirati woman to win a single seater race. The hard work finally paid off.
Hamda Al Qubaisi
Hamda competed in gymnastics alongside her older sister Amna for 9 years. She participated in full apparatus gymnastics championships and got a few medals during that time. Hamda took interest in motorsports at 12, after watching Amna race in professional karting. Karting was not new to Hamda as her father Khaled has been racing since 2009, but she was inspired to start after seeing her sister compete. Hamda was one of 5 drivers chosen out of 200 candidates to join the Daman Speed Academy. In her first season in 2015, she went from almost being overlapped in her first race to achieving 4 podiums and a race win in the mini max category for the Rotax Max championship - making Hamda the first female Emirati to get a podium and win a race in a karting championship. Later, she was chosen to take part in the FIA CIK trophy academy in 2016, where they selected the best 51 young drivers from around the world to compete. Hamda went on to getting more podiums and moving up to higher categories: junior, senior, and shifter. She finished 3rd in the junior X30 UAE championship where she earned a ticket to the X30 world finals (2017) and the Rotax Max Grand Finals in 2018. She also got podiums in the senior and shifter category. After watching Amna get into F4 in 2018 and seeing how much experience she gained in those two seasons in Europe, Hamda became more motivated than ever to get into single seater racing and move up to a higher level (including enhancing her mental toughness). Hamda took part in the F4 UAE championship (2020) and she achieved 12 podium finishes, 3 wins, and 7 pole positions in her first full season of F4. She is the first woman ever to clinch three Formula 4 victories.
William Cox III, a Young Champion and Upcoming Racing Star
William Cox III is a young race car driver who got his start in karting in late 2017 and has since then raced various club races and many national and international races. We've worked on his mental toughness and peak performance training since August 2018, focusing on developing a system that can take him from understanding the fundamentals to succeeding at the highest level of his profession. In 2019, Will accumulated 3 wins, 17 top-five and 19 top-ten finishes in 26 starts in the INEX Series. He raced Spec Miata Series for Panic Motorsports and US/INEX Legend Series for Championship with Team Farbo Motorsports. Will won the 2019 Asphalt Nationals in the Young Lions Division, finished 3rd in the World Road Course Championship and won the 2019 Atlanta Fall Series point Championship. In 2020, William moved from the Young Lions to the Pro division in Legends. Will is a consistent, dedicated and tenacious race car driver who learns fast and implements solutions even faster. His mental toughness continues to grow as he starts racing in the Late Models category in 2020.
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