Latihan Mental  pemain petanqueSeringkali dilihat latihan mental sering diabaikan oleh atlet petanque. Latihan Mental dalam permainan petanque  merupakan latihan yang mesti dilatih  sebelum, semasa dan selepas pertandingan. Permainannya yang kelihatan mudah dan santai menyebabkan ia kurang diberi perhatian. Ada yang melihatnya secara  sinis sahaja. Tak mengapa, tapi cuba ambil intisari  yang baik dalam entry ini. Diharap sesiapa yang terlawat blog ini berilah komen dan klik sebagai follower, yang membina  demi kemantapan atlet-atlet 

Practice the Mental Side of the Game.

           Most players that take time to practice practice the physical aspect of the game. They spend some time refining their shooting, and pointing. But there is another aspect that needs practice too, and it could well be the most important aspect - the mental side of the game.

           How often have you let the fact that your next throw could win or lose you the game affect your throw? Or for that matter the fact that your last throw was deflected by a stone you hadn't seen? Or something that your teammate said... These are all examples of the affects of our mental state at the time of throw can affect the quality of our throw.

          So how does one gain the discipline to overcome such situations? Here are some suggestions that might help. Try not to think about the level of competition, your last throw, or anything but the exact situation you find at the moment that you must make your throw.

          Go to the end and look at the lie of the boules, and think of it as a puzzle that you (and only you! since you have the next throw and it will change after you have done so) have an opportunity to solve. Decide what you want your throw to be, and put all your concentration into that throw. Nothing else matters at that moment, just the throw that you are about to make. Visualize how the boule will travel and where it will end up. And when you are convinced that it is the throw that needs to be made, make it. Watch the boule's progress until it stops. Then step out of the circle, and think about how it traveled. If it wasn't a perfect throw, think about how it should have traveled and what you will do next time to deliver it to the exact spot that you wanted it to go to.

There are no good throws and bad throws, only throws that go where you want them to, and throws that need correction next time.

Rumusan 

1. Ia sangat penting dan mustahak di amalkan oleh pemain-pemain petanque

2. "Visualize how the boule will travel and where it will end up.' Perhatikan frasa ini. Pasti banyak manfaatnya kepada mereka yang nak maju dalam permainan petanque ni. Tak gitu