User:Gazman76/Mental toughness

Mental toughness is a term used to try and describe an individual's psychological strengths or weaknesses. The term is most commonly used in sport and performance circles and is the areas that is most effectively improved with the help of a sport psychologist who teaches mental skills to individuals or groups. Mental toughness can be likened to the other two areas of performance - technical and physical - in that our capabilities in these areas are a result of a combination of genetics and the environment. The biological part of mental toughness is raw intelligence (how well you brain functions compared to a normal population) whereas the environmental part is what is learnt using your brain. Ever improving scientific studies in psychology now allow sport psychologists to specifically improve how performers use their brains (minds) and can have a very significant impact on outcome of a performance or career.