The pressure to perform at a high level can often weigh heavily on professional athletes or elevate them to new highs.
Professional sports are results-based. Athletes are given mandates to deliver by teams, and fans expect them to do well at all times. However, they can't stay on top form all the time as a drop in performance is almost always a given.can lead to frustration as they lose their places in teams and face scrutiny from the media and spectators. This can affect the mental health of athletes without them not even noticing it.
Developing athletes get lost in the system when they are not performing like they did when they entered the scene in their formative stages. Tsebe, who is the team psychologist for the SA national softball side and a member of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee High Performance Psychology Working Group, explained why prospects fluctuate in form and how mental health coaches can help them in their growth.
"The loss of identity may most likely lead to inability to create boundaries in relationships, lack of ambition and difficulty setting goals, low self-esteem and disconnecting from the self," she said.
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