IMG Academy+ Essentials Workshop

Conquering Pre-Competition Anxiety

  • 22 min Interactive Workshop
  • 5 min Q&A
  • Downloadable Resources

Use Your Anxiety to Your Advantage

Learn helpful strategies to overcome pre-competition anxiety so you can perform at your best.

Unpack anxiety

Tackle Pre-Game Jitters

Perform Your Best

Learn how to define anxiety and identify some ways anxiety might appear for you in your own life.

Get practical tips and exercises you can use daily to conquer your pre-competition anxiety.

Use your anxiety as fuel that can unlock your best performances!

Unpack anxiety

Learn how to define anxiety and identify some ways anxiety might appear for you in your own life.

Tackle Pre-Game Jitters

Get practical tips and exercises you can use daily to conquer your pre-competition anxiety.

Perform Your Best

Use your anxiety as fuel that can unlock your best performances!

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Workshop Chapters

Start off with a quick exercise to focus in and get the most out of the workshop.

Learn how to define anxiety, and the difference between cognitive and somatic symptoms.

Discover how to use anxiety to your benefit no matter what challenges you face.

Get practical tips and exercises to prepare for the normal feelings that come your way before you compete.

Learn how to manage your anxiety in real-time with focus cues and self talk phrases.

Recap key takeaways from the workshop.

Coach Rachel answers real questions from student-athletes. Don't see your question answered? Ask Coach Rachel directly in the community!

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Meet your coach

Dr. Rachel Hoeft

Mental Performance Coach

Rachel is a mental performance coach who strives to help athletes feel confident in their abilities to succeed. Throughout her career as a competitive soccer player and track runner, Rachel sustained a total of 3 ACL tears and a meniscus tear, which fueled her passion for pursuing a career in sport psychology. These experiences allow her to connect with players who have faced the most difficult of obstacles, knowing that no challenge is too big to overcome when you commit to developing your mental game.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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We’re confident you’re going to love your experience! However, if upon the conclusion of any course, you’ve found your experience was less than desirable, we’d be happy to provide you with a full refund.

In the course community, you can interact with other student- athletes and the coach facilitator in real time. However, the course lessons and workshops are not live. We know student-athletes are always stretched for time, so we want to ensure that everyone can learn at their own pace and on their own schedule. Stay tuned for some live programming coming soon for those interested!

Through IMG Academy+ Essentials, you will have access to IMG Academy+ Coaches through the course community and learning experiences. Customers who purchase 1:1 coaching will have access to their own private coach.

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