When is the right time to visualise?

Visualising your future performance: when is the right time to do it?

In elite sport, visualisation is commonly used as a mental preparation tool. Visualisation is such an important skillset to own and master as an athlete. I would say it is one of the major pillars of mental preparation. 

There are many different styles of visualisation for athletes to use in order to create their own mental blueprint for optimal performance – those of you who have been through our visualisation training will know what we're talking about. 

Whether it’s:

• for performance
• for consistency
• for replicability, or
• to help get through fears and anxieties

...it’s the same skillset for different uses across multiple different times and processes. And like all good mind hacks, its use needs to be specific and targeted in order to optimise its return.

So, when should athletes use visualisation? And what style is best for you and your needs?

Check out this short video that outlines just a couple of the styles and the right time to use them.