 | Bassham’s Mental Management System trains athletes to run deliberate mental rehearsal — script the performance, rehearse under pressure, and separate process from outcome — so the body has already executed before the arena. Lanny Bassham First published 1988 - Updated (2012) · Mental Management Systems · ISBN 9780972009280 |
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Key principles
- Mental rehearsal reps — Vivid run-throughs count as training — the mind rehearses what the body will execute.
- Process versus outcome — Control the script and arousal — not the scoreboard on the first rep.
- Pressure inoculation — Rehearse with simulated stakes — raise arousal in practice before live fire.
- Affirmation after action — Anchor what went right in the sequence — install positive follow-through imagery.
- Separation of selves — Performer self versus evaluator self — do not judge mid-rep.
- Pre-shot routine — Fixed micro-sequence before execution — same cue chain every time.
Core science
Olympic rifle-shooting lineage popularised mental-management protocols — overlaps functional-equivalence imagery research. Pair with Imagination as Reality atlas note and Club three-layer imagery doctrine.
Application
Reach for this volume when Battle prep needs sport-grade mental rehearsal — descriptive script, felt arousal, and positive after-anchor before a high-stakes exposure. Open Imagination as Reality on the Atlas shelf for the mechanism map. Curated domain trail: Coaching.