TopGame Performance

TopGame Performance Web with one goal - to boost your experience and actions through discussing topics related to your mentality. Who am I?

TOPGAME PSYCHOLOGY is a project fully developed by me, Barbora Kijasova. A current student-athlete at Hawaii Pacific University originally from the Czech republic. I am strongly passionate about principles of how to be satisfied in life, how to execute opportunities, and how to be successful in sports and life. Studying psychology, playing college tennis, and searching for information from externa

l sources (professionals in a field, current research, books) make it possible for me to observe, feel, and examine further discussed phenomenas through my own experience and skills. TopGame Psychology is a portfolio of my knowledge and experience (credibility and critical approach). Its purpose is:
1) Providing articles (and later challenges) related to sport psychology, motivation, problem approaching and self-development
2) Sharing information based on knowledge and experience
3) Personal portfolio of Barbora Kijasova
4) Popularization of sport psychology in the sports field
5) Highlighting values and benefits of sports

TopGamePsychology.com is in the process of creation. The FB page will keep you updated with the website as well as with what is happening beyond it.

Oki folks, since my last post, a few things have changed. I muted myself here to fully focus on establishing myself pro...
09/20/2020

Oki folks, since my last post, a few things have changed. I muted myself here to fully focus on establishing myself professionally. I co-founded with my dearest colleague and friend, a one-eyed military veteran Brian Bishop (have to give him a hard time for that!). What makes this team special is full alignment of values, vision, approach to action, and deep understanding and respect for each other. In our work as mental performance consultants, we primarily focus on first responders to armor, equip, and empower them to sustainably perform better as well as prevent performance and personal breakdowns potentially leading to clinical struggles that typically arise in those careers.

Earlier this year, I founded a corporation (SVI Performance Academy, Inc.). SVI’s role is to create a web of performance-enhancing service providers primarily for first responders. For SVI, the long-term vision is to operate across the nation and beyond (Europe).

With that, I am changing my focus on this profile. Those of you who know me well probably know that there's something that's never stopped amazing me - recognizing personal potential and taking responsibility for it. My future content will be about this very thing - how to create the mindset in the world of an excessive range of options that helps you take ownership of your potential, stay on track, and execute accordingly.

I'm myself on this journey of learning, and I know there's a lot of you out there exploring your own potential. My intent is to build a community of leaders that simply want to play a bigger game in order to have a bigger positive impact - my ultimate hope.

For more specific performance-enhancing tips and strategies, I invite you to follow .

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➡️PURPOSE: To recognize a potential and execute
➡️LOCATION: Colorado
➡️FOLLOW:

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04/14/2020

Routine is a sequence of actions followed regularly.

General purpose of routines if done productively and effectively:

1️⃣ trains your body and mind
2️⃣ gets you into the right mindset
3️⃣ calms you down / pumps you up
4️⃣ imroves your focus
5️⃣ maintains you in the desired direction of development
6️⃣ sky's the limit

More specifically, making 🍵matcha daily makes me face the seemingly monotonous process over and over (impatience, the wandering mind, etc.).

Facing it pushes me to stay FOCUSED, develop a CURIOSITY, and DIG DEEPER into what I do. All of these are skills you can develop.

Result:
1️⃣ better CONCENTRATION
2️⃣ stronger PATIENCE
3️⃣ higher ENJOYMENT

This all leads to higher EFFICIENCY of task ex*****on and is TRANSFERABLE anything you do for the rest of the day. Practice is vital here.

A lot of words about… simply making a tea, right?

My favorite quote from this book.----------Order in mind DOESN’T promise a better reality. So WHY should we even try whe...
04/04/2020

My favorite quote from this book.
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Order in mind DOESN’T promise a better reality. So WHY should we even try when we get "soaked" anyway?
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Order in mind opens a space for your response and choice of actions based on which the reality can change and YOU can grow.
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Change and grow towards what? Maybe towards what you VALUE the most in the present and ENVISION in the future.
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What is it for you?
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To reach a certain level of order in your mind, get clear about:

What’s truly important to you
Your goals and dreams
Intentionality behind each response and action you take
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Remember, you'll most likely get soaked anyway. And that's okay.

Based on the research, 2-minute DEEP BREATHING is one of the most effective techniques we can do to fall asleep. Why? Be...
03/21/2020

Based on the research, 2-minute DEEP BREATHING is one of the most effective techniques we can do to fall asleep. Why? Because it directly affects our NERVOUS SYSTEM using the connections between our organs and the brain.
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Disclaimer:
-- breathing appropriately for 2 minutes requires effort.
-- 1min probably won't be enough.
-- 2min (or 12 breaths) get you switch from sympathetic nervous system (allertness) to parasympathetic one (relaxation).

Clinical, social, and performance psychologists are big on defining and developing sustained ADAPTIVE (APPROACH) COPING ...
03/20/2020

Clinical, social, and performance psychologists are big on defining and developing sustained ADAPTIVE (APPROACH) COPING STYLES. Why? Because how we cope with a situation determines the situation itself as well as our well-being.
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There are 2 main coping styles: approach (adaptive) and avoidant (maladaptive). I won’t get too nerdy, but you can address these styles to either a PROBLEM that’s occured or to EMOTIONS you’re experiencing in regards to a situation - by approaching or avoiding either of them.
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Generally speaking, approaching style is the healthier one, because it gives us a chance to solve problems, reach better outcomes, improve our inner experience, and grow to the greatness. In other words, approaching coping styles get us UNSTUCK from difficult situations (externally and internally). Just imagine how it influences long-term self-esteem, confidence, and motivation.
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So…what if a situation sucks? ADAPT:

1) APPROACH THE PROBLEM: define the problem, define un/controllables, approach controllables, change them, analyze the outcome, adjust if necessary.

2) APPROACH YOUR EMOTIONS: acknowledge how you feel in the situation, accept it, learn how to manage your emotions in more productive way.

ANALYZE and STRATEGIZE - for your situation and for your well-being.
There is ALWAYS something you can DO to get unstuck yourself (problem-wise and emotionally).

Make sure you take care of what you can take care of. What is it? Ask the right questions. ...
03/20/2020

Make sure you take care of what you can take care of. What is it? Ask the right questions.

When Andre Iguodala started having more than 8 hours of a quality sleep:- 50% increase of three-point-shot rate- 29% inc...
12/23/2019

When Andre Iguodala started having more than 8 hours of a quality sleep:

- 50% increase of three-point-shot rate
- 29% increase of points per minute
- 12% increase of minutes played
- 9% increase of free throw rate
- 45% decrease in faults committed
- 37% decrease in turnovers

Same player. Different approach to sleep. Different results.

Andre and his physician scientist, Cheri Mah, didn't focus only on the LENGHT but also QUALITY and TIMING of Andre's sleep, from which timing, current researchers say, is the most important variable in the equation.

Poor sleep is not only about being tired the next day.Poor sleep affects our mental and physical health and development ...
12/21/2019

Poor sleep is not only about being tired the next day.

Poor sleep affects our mental and physical health and development in ways that the scientists haven't known about a few years ago.

Do you recognize any of those symptoms of poor sleep in ylur life? If so, how does it affect you overal functioning (i. e., relationships, communication, performance, drive)?

Note that POOR SLEEP doesn't necessarily mean LACK OF SLEEP. Even with 8 hrs of sleep, we can feel like a crap next day. More info in the next posts.

THE GOALIE GUILD | LIFT THE MASKEVENTS THAT MAKE CHANGETHANK YOU ・・・"I had such a great time with so many awesome peopl...
06/02/2019

THE GOALIE GUILD | LIFT THE MASK
EVENTS THAT MAKE CHANGE
THANK YOU


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"I had such a great time with so many awesome people. I had the opportunity to connect with coaches from all over the world, and make new friends with whom I hope to keep in touch for years to come. I’ve already found myself using some of the knowledge I acquired on the ice with my students, and I feel more confident in my approach than ever before.
With all that said, the most important things I learned this past week were not about hockey, but instead were about myself.
For many years I worked virtually 24/7 at pursuing my dream of becoming a full-time goalie coach. I worked a corporate job 40-50 hours/week, and coached on top of that. Nights. Weekends. Early mornings. Whatever I thought would put me closer to achieving my goals and achieving this concept of “happiness” everyone talked about. Once I finally quit my job and became a full-time coach, I thought I would feel differently. I thought I would feel accomplished. I thought I would finally be able to enjoy life and relax. I thought I would finally be “happy.”
During the past two years the exact opposite has happened. I have pushed even harder, and worked even longer hours both on and off the ice, trying to bury the constant fear that I would never be “good enough.”
Good enough for whom? Good enough for what? I don’t think I even knew. All I knew is that being on the ice erased the pain of being me, and silenced the voice in my head that constantly put me down.
The interesting thing is that no matter how hard I tried to bury it, that little voice didn’t get quieter... it just got louder.
The event this past Wednesday evening was a truly powerful experience for me. Listening to so many wonderful people share their personal stories allowed me to see that my own struggles with anxiety and depression do not make me weak, but instead make me a more empathetic, compassionate human being capable of understanding and connecting with other human beings by way of teaching the position of goaltending.
Year 3, here we come. Feeling refreshed, ready to go, and better than ever 👊🤙"

FULL FOCUS ON THE PRESENT WITH CLEAR INTENTION IN THE FUTURE
04/21/2019

FULL FOCUS ON THE PRESENT WITH CLEAR INTENTION IN THE FUTURE

RITUALS - WHAT WE DO A REGULAR WAY REGULARLY------------------------Rutials make us what we become.---------------------...
04/19/2019

RITUALS - WHAT WE DO A REGULAR WAY REGULARLY
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Rutials make us what we become.
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EXPLORE - we have more rituals than we think! Are you used to clean your teeth? Having something sweet after lunch? Explore your rituals.
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DEFINE - some rituals are beneficial. Some are not. Define each ritual whether it is beneficial for you or not.
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DECIDE - decide to leave the useless ones.
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BUILD - think of new beneficial rituals you could implement into your life. What purpose would they have?

🔥To reach PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE when it matters the MOST.🔥 The idea of future work with first responders on mental skil...
04/17/2019

🔥To reach PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE when it matters the MOST.🔥

The idea of future work with first responders on mental skills improving their performance is filled by feelings of honor and responsibility. @ Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Park

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