Quarterback Tips: Mental Strength

A powerful and dominant team 99% of the time has very strong leadership from their Quarterback. That's why you see great teams like the Seattle Seahawks because of great leadership from guys like Russell Wilson. Part of the reason the QB's have strong leadership is due to their mental strength. According to The QB by Bruce Feldman QB's have such a high standard for themselves that they mentally become strong enough to believe they can achieve what ever they put their mind to. "They all want to prove that they're The Guy and want someone to tell them that they're good. I can't think of one quarterback who isn't self-conscious, because they have such high expectations and high standards" (Feldman 81). This leads on to the fact that QB's have to prepare themselves mentally before games, skills camps etc. to be the best they can be mentally so they can perform to the best of their abilities.

Mental preparation before a football game is key to being able to perform well during the game.

I used this Quarterback tip of mental preparation by focusing on my task before my game. I've seen many greats preparing themselves by bowing their heads, closing their eyes and focusing on the game and task in hand. This I believe increases the ability of performing well within a game; as a quarterback if you do well most likely, the team does well also. Which makes it very important that a QB is mentally strong before every game.


Do you believe mental preparation is a very important aspect not just in football, but everything in life in general?


Feldman, Bruce. The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks. New York: Crown
     Archetype, 2014. Print.