
The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast
Using Fear As Fuel: The Mental Performance Training That Helped AJ Johnson Capture a Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Tour Title
Oct 19, 2023
44:20
In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast Brian Cain, MPM is joined by Professional Bowler AJ Johnson. Johnson is a member of Team USA Bowling and has been on the PBA Tour for nearly a decade. Having recently won his first PBA Tour Title at The Lucky Larson Masters in Helsingborg, Sweden Johnson shares how he has learned to use Fear as Fuel and unveils The Mental Performance Training that he did with Cain that helped him to capture his first professional bowling tour championship.
In this podcast Johnson and Cain talk about:
Learning and training to use fear as fuel
The importance of having something to go to when it gets hard
Building routines pre comp, in comp and post comp for consistency
Moving your mindset from comparison into competition
Having a physical trigger to flip the switch from person to performer and showering well
The purpose of a daily success checklist for optimal performance and confidence
Confidence moving from being a feeling into something that you do and a way of life
Why and how to use mental imagery as a part of your preparation
Keeping a one word focus to ground you
Time blocking and planning your day in advance to help turn your brain off
6-2-8 breathing
The 3 Keys to Keep It Simple
Separation from enhanced preparation
Getting One Percent Better
Why his listens to The Mental Performance Daily Podcast
Intentional performance journaling and MORE…
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