The Agility Head Game
The Agility Head Game is one of the four cornerstones of the Rock Solid Dogs program. You, as a competitor, need to step in to the ring for each training session and performance event with a positive, highly focused, and disciplined mindset that will give you the best chance of performing consistently well under pressure. Our program is unique in the emphasis, depth of study, and amount of information we make available to those who train in the Rock Solid Dogs group. Most agility trainers don’t address this, largely because they haven’t studied it themselves!
The mental capacity required to run successfully across an agility coursewith a dog at the rate of 4 – 8 yards per second has been studied and compared to the mental capacity necessary to drive a high performance race car or that of a mogul skier. This means you must be in control of your head if you want to be in control of your body and your dog!
Here are resources to help you learn more about the Agility Head Game. Consider this one of your ‘secret weapons’!
Keep Your Head in the Game
Our skills are on the same level as our emotions. We are not machines, we have thoughts, feelings, we get tired, distracted, angry, starstruck, frustrated, and intimidated. When we enter the agility ring it isn't always easy to put those variations on our...
8 Cues for Consistency
The start of the new year is a great time to focus on what we would like to achieve in the future. Over the past week many have shared with me some aspect of the relationship that they would like to improve with their dog, a skill that needs to be honed,...
Performance Analysis
By Troy Bassham The Performance Analysis is Mental Management Systems' version of a performance journal. It’s just that, a way to evaluate your performance at the end of the day to bring closure to the day. It’s not a lack of performance journal, it’s a Performance...
Mental Training Matters
By Lanny Bassham Ask any elite athlete what percentage of their sport is mental and you will get a huge number back. The statement I hear most often is, "My game is 90% mental!" Now, I ask the second question. "If your game is 90% mental, what percentage of your time...
What are YOU talking about?
There is no substitute for a thorough training program. Shaping a behavior, putting a name to it, reinforcing the behavior, possibly chaining it with other behaviors, proofing in a variety of settings ... all these steps in the process are what help a dog...