Stop Trying To Win Heats The Hard Way!  Here's How To Turn Your Heat Tragedies Into Contest Triumphs...

"What Every Contest Surfer Should Know About Winning Heats - But Doesn't"

Why You Must Learn the Psychology Behind High-Performance Contest Surfing!
by Mike Martin, at SurfSuccess.com

Here's a quick surfing quiz that could make a dramatic impact on the amount of heats you win.  Answer these 5 questions: (Simply click YES or NO)

You can easily achieve all these things you want with the specialised knowledge I’m about to reveal in this article.

You will also ...

You'll also get a sneak preview of -- and sizzling excerpts from -- my new online "Video Enhanced" eBook Training Program, "Six Steps to Surfing Success:  The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Heat-Winning Strategies Every Time."

"It's a Winner!"

If you learned no other skill but the skill of structuring your training like competition, you'll win exceedingly more heats than you could possibly imagine.

The sad fact is that the vast majority of contest surfers don't know how to train using the Heat Analysis Principle to improve their surfing.  Many might think they know how to prepare for competition just because they're familiar with general performance principles -- but they're sadly mistaken. 

Even some of the best pro surfers are not proficient at all in effective training and preparation for competition.  (I'll give you a case study in a moment to prove this beyond all doubt.) 

So, just because someone is a good competitor, long-time surfer, skilled coach, surf industry big-wig, great shaper or even a former pro tour competitor doesn’t mean their understanding of the mental side of competition automatically translates into an ability to educate you to create and use effective mental training and performance strategies for competition.

Why Free Surfing is Distinctly Different from High-Performance Contest Surfing

There are so many talented surfers who can absolutely blast in free surfing -- but there's only a small handful of surfers who can surf successfully in competition.

MYTH: A great free surfer, is also a great contest surfer.  Wrong!

The  free surfing mindset (that is," it doesn’t matter if you blow a wave", "you can take plenty of time to wait for just the right wave", "you can kick out half way through a wave if you don’t like it" etc.) don't necessarily work in competition.  In fact, often times trying to apply a free surfing mindset in competition is actually counterproductive to getting results.

Why?

Because the Heat Analysis Principle  proves that the mental training and performance demands of contest surfing require a dedicated approach which is vastly different to free surfing.

You need to use the Heat Analysis Principle to effectively analyze your training.  Let me explain…  But first answer these two questions on how you currently structure the two key building blocks of your contest preparation...

Now, if you aren’t doing any consistent mental training and preparation for your contest surfing, then that is my exact point...

Here’s why…

Let’s say that when you are competing, that you consider your total heat surfing performance to be about 50% physical and 50% mental.

Many WCT, WQS and Junior Series surfers actually consider the mental component to be much, much higher in a heat, but for this example, we’ll use the lower 50:50 ratio.

Now, let’s say your average weekly training, consisting of roughly ten surf sessions plus a couple of gym, conditioning and yoga sessions, in total takes about 25 hours.

Then the Heat Analysis Principle for your contest surfing looks like this...

• Your contest surfing performance is 50% physical and 50% mental.

• You spend 25 hours per week on physical skills training...

• So, therefore you spend 25 hours a week training your mental skills...

Right?... Wrong… If you were doing even five hours a week mental training and preparation you wouldn’t need to read this article!

Because you would already know how to train your mind for contest surfing.

So before you can improve your contest surfing you have to accept that you need to start training in the same way that you compete.  Lots of unstructured free surfing is not adequate preparation for your contest surfing.

That means you must include contest specific mental training and preparation as a regular part of your training program. I’d like to show you the mental skills training strategies you need to effectively apply this Heat Analysis Principle to your contest surfing and your heat preparation.

Because once you truly understand this principle, then you’ll start to want to learn exactly what you need to do to improve your mental game and increase the consistency of your surfing, especially under pressure.
 

DID YOU KNOW... "Six Steps to Surfing Success" has a simple 16-step self-analysis Heat Debrief worksheet that gets your physical and  mental  training program basically written long before you need to start your next training session (See Step Six, pages 8 - 10.)

What Rocket Science Can Teach You About Igniting Your Wave Selection Strategies

When the space shuttle gets ready to rocket into space, it initiates a launch sequence consisting of a series of precise steps that lead to blast off.  Similarly, you need to activate your Winning Wave thinking sequence during your heat -- that is, go through a series of steps -- before deciding on what type of wave you need next.

The problem with most surfers is that they paddle straight back out and start catching waves -- without even considering what their next tactical move should be. 

The inconsistent nature of the ocean and the relentless time pressure of the heat means that you must be constantly reassessing your tactical approach in order to maximize your wave catching potential.

Skilful wave selection entails a simple six-stage process that prepares you to get the best waves and dominate the peak.  Your Winning Wave location needs to be selected after the 3rd stage of the process -- not sooner.  Most surfers jump the gun and start grabbing waves, regardless, without considering their current strategic situation.

In my new online "Video Enhanced" eBook Training Program, "Six Steps to Surfing Success:  The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Heat-Winning Strategies Every Time", I reveal the exact thoughts for getting you to the best wave location -- considering the waves you’ve already caught, and how long there is left in the heat -- plus the precise technique to use to dominate the peak when you get there -- so that you can snatch that wave you need and clinch the heat every time.
 

CASE STUDY:  A well-known highly paid free surfer recently appeared in a DVD pulling some amazing airs and reverses.

Spurred on by his success, his sponsors offered him a wildcard into one of their WQS events.  Ironically, when this guy got under the pressure of competition he bombed big time!

Why?  Because he got out hassled for every wave!  He didn't know how to activate his Winning Wave and Peak Dominance strategies -- and so he didn't get to show any of that innovative, futuristic surfing that would have scored highly with the judges.

3 Crucial Lessons: 

1.  You'll compete the same way you train.  So you need to include mental training as part of your contest preparation.

2.  Free surfing principles don't necessarily work for contest situations.

3.  There are distinctive and important differences between the way surfers behave, respond and react out of contest situations -- and the way they behave, respond and react in contest situations.

Excerpt from the online "Video Enhanced" eBook Training Program "Six Steps to Surfing Success:  The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Heat-Winning Strategies Every Time."  This is part of the introduction to Step Four  - Your Positive Self Talk.

Learn my proprietary warp speed heat-strategy development process that, in no time at all, will let you remain positive and confident under pressure -- even if you've never considered yourself a confident contest surfer.  (See Step Four, page 12.)

 

Surfing Alchemy -- The Science of Turning Thoughts Into Results
 

Mike Martin
Surf Psychologist

And my co-author, Brent Rushall, is no slacker either...
 
Brent is the proprietor of international consulting firm, Sport Science Associates.

• He’s published 74 books and more than 380 articles, as well as technical manuals, book chapters, and sport psychology tests...

• He's a four-time Olympic Team psychologist...

• He has consulted with over 80 international organizations in the fields of sport psychology, coaching science, coaching education, and systems design…

• Has coached world-record holders and...

• Has been sport psychologist to some of the world's best athletes.

My point is, I'm not telling you this to impress you ... I'm telling you this to prove that we’re qualified to teach you what to do and what not to do to be a truly successful contest surfer!

Now, stay with me and listen closely.  You are reading the chronicle of events leading to the discovery of little-known principles that I've used to help surfers get results in over 15 countries world-wide.

My rigorous training as an educator, sport scientist, surf coach and sport psychologist, as well as the specialized knowledge I've amassed in my 16 years as a specialised surf psychologist, has given me the advantage of knowing exactly what works and what doesn't work when it comes to getting results under pressure.

The good news is that you are about to reap the benefits of my experience in a way that will line your trophy cabinet for your surfing career.

 

Here's why "Six Steps to Surfing Success: The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Heat-Winning Strategies Every Time" is unlike any other advice available on the market...
1.  It's the only online "Video Enhanced" eBook Training Program specialising in high performance thinking strategies specifically designed for contest surfers.   Unlike any other advice available out there, it features my unique six-step model (trademarked Six Steps to Surfing Success™) that has been proven to create heat-winning performances.  I'm not saying that the other advice you get about how to structure your thinking during competition won’t help you .  I'm simply saying, "Why use a hand gun when you can use heavy artillery?  Why use an inferior style of instruction when you can use one that's proven to pull in big results?"
2.  It features a systematic, step-by-step approach to developing heat-winning strategies -- from start to finish.  After doing this program and learning the precise concepts, anyone can create world-class heat-winning strategies.  Unlike other “helpful” information you might get that offers a kitchen sink full of tips, techniques and general guidelines, "Six Steps to Surfing Success" gives a specific, hands-on approach to creating heat-winning strategies from scratch.
3.  The concepts presented in the program are all proven (through *extensive scientific testing*) to get results like crazy.  Concepts presented to you by many people, on the other hand, are primarily untested and unproven.  Most of them sound good, and seem to make logical sense because they are "borrowed" from their own observations -- but in truth, everyone’s different, and they probably won’t work as well for you. 
4.  This is the only program that shows you how to be remarkably confident in your heat by using powerful psychological principles that transform tentative turns into power-packed gaffs.  These are battle-tested self-belief devices that are proven to yield massive confidence during even the toughest heats.
5.  While many others offer no focused way of crafting competition thinking, "Six Steps to Surfing Success" reveals my very own heat-winning blueprint that makes the process of creating heat winning strategies incredibly easy.
6."Six Steps to Surfing Success" is a simple, online "video enhanced" training system that  contains  26 instruction videos totaling ? hours, ? minutes, and ?? seconds of tuition, as well as ?? information-packed pages and templates, so you know exactly WHAT to do and HOW to do it to help you benefit from the breakthrough techniques even faster and easier .
7.   "Six Steps to Surfing Success" is an encapsulation of the material I teach surfers in my Surf Success Mastery Course.  Now, you can have the same high-octane heat-winning lessons to learn at your own pace.

This is the Only Program on the Planet Where You Can Get This Information

Here's a sneak peek at what you're going to find when you get your hands on "Six Steps to Surfing Success:  The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Heat-Winning Strategies Every Time":

• The top six questions most surfers don’t ask -- and how they wipe out all their heat-winning potential.  This alone will dramatically shorten your learning curve by enabling you to avoid mistakes in the line up that would take years to detect, let alone overcome.  See Step Two, pages 2 - 4.

• Most contest surfers violate little-known confidence development principles that are unique to surfing.  They employ general principles that appear to work well for the sporting world -- not knowing that those so-called "universal" principles are diametrically opposed to the confidence development principles of contest surfing.  Countless surfers try to build their composure upon these misconceptions that are killing their self-belief in the process.  See Step Four, page 1.

• How to take lacklustre contest thinking (poor win-to-heats-surfed ratio), apply a few psychological tactics, and make yourself a "perpetual contest machine." See Step One, page 1.

• How to expertly craft self-belief strategies in a way that dramatically boosts your surfing confidence.  Having great boards won't win you any heats until you learn this!  This positive self-talk can sometimes contribute 90% to your heat win.  See Step Four, pages 1 - 2.

• Your heat debrief blueprint for never making the same mistake twice -- Post heat, you need to just check through the 16 simple questions, and when you get the answers, your strategy for the next heat will virtually write itself! You'll never have to make the same dumb mistakes -- ever again!  See Step Six, pages 8 - 10.

• There is a process that is commonly used in almost all sports I've ever seen, that if simply used would account for a significantly higher conversion of heats-surfed-to-wins. Simply use this five-point fail-safe process I'm going to give you for all instances in your heat  -- and voila! Sit back and watch your contest results soar.  See Step Five, page 9.

• Why you should never model your heat strategy on “good” advice indiscriminately -- you run the risk of modelling mediocre elements, and missing the undetectable ones that really matter.  I'll show you the underlying principles of power surfing that you must model so that your surfing will produce results consistently.  See Step Three, pages 1 - 3.

• How to use technical cues or "tech talk"  strategically to maximize the power of your turns and all your manouevres. I'll teach you the sneaky way to use this "tech talk" to "fly beneath the radar" of your competitors -- without making your surfing appear clunky, contrived and forced (as technique cues tend to be).  See Step Three, page 3.

• How to trigger your Peak Domination method by using secret questions in your head that cause you to maximize your wave catching potential without any competitor resistance.  See Step Two, page 4 - 5.

• The exact wording you must use when talking to yourself so that you will look forward with anticipation to your next wave -- and tear it apart when it comes!  See Step Four, pages 3 - 4.

• What you should do if the heat strategies you have developed are not generating the results  you expected.  This is the absolute best way to inject "high octane" into weak strategy. It's absolutely fool-proof!  See Step Six, pages 2 - 3.

• Learn a little-known, seemingly innocent tactical thinking strategy that converts more heats into wins by as much as 30%, 40% -- even 50% or more.  If you don't know how to do this easy thing -- you are definitely leaving “a lot of money on the table”.  See Step Two, page 5.

• How to write the all-important “tech” words for your toughest surfing manoeuvres so that your brain sends the right message to your body -- instead of fluffing the BIG moves, or even (gulp!) falling off altogether when it really matters.  See Step Three,  page 3.

• How to never run out of productive, positive thoughts to use before and during your heat -- there's even an inventory sheet that will make your contest preparation a breeze, and help you "flesh out" your heat-winning strategy in minimum time.  See Step Four, page 11.

• What is the most important objective in contest surfing? You gotta surf to the best of your ability.  This may sound obvious, but when you think in a certain style or say certain words to yourself, your can undermine your confidence and focus, and stop yourself from getting the performance and the results you truly deserve.  Learn how to think properly so that this will never happen to you. See Step One, pages 8 - 9.

• How to craft positive self-statements that are believable -- and highly motivational. Here, I reveal some of my jealously-guarded devices, and I'm swearing you to secrecy on these.  See Step Four,  page 3.

• The top three segments for breaking your heat into manageable chunks.  If you do nothing else but structure your thinking around these three sections -- you'll dramatically boost your focus and confidence.  See Step One, page 3.

The above is just an abbreviated list of the heavy-duty content assembled in "Six Steps to Surfing Success".  After all, the program contains the exact same power-packed material from my 2-day Surf Success Mastery Course that you would have paid US $997 to attend!

You, on the other hand, can own "Six Steps to Surfing Success" for not even half ($499) the cost of the course.  No, not even one-tenth ($99) of what Surf Success Mastery athletes pay for the same material.

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Your success in using these powerful, heat-winning strategy creation templates is completely guaranteed. In fact, here’s my 100% Better-Than-Risk-Free Guarantee:

Is that fair or what?

That means you can try out all the heat-winning strategies at my risk for 8 weeks, while you see if they work for you or not. And if they don’t produce, I honestly want you to ask for your money back. And I’ll let you keep the free bonus gift as my way of thanking you for giving the heat-winning strategies a try.

There is absolutely no risk, whatsoever on your part. The burden to deliver is entirely on me. If you don’t produce immediate results using these heat-winning strategies then I’m the loser, not you.

By now I should not have to convince you of the obvious benefits that "Six Steps to Surfing Success" will bring you.  But look at it this way -- US $89.95 is really a painless drop in the ocean compared to the money you're going to waste at your next contest on entry fees, petrol, food and accommodation only to bomb out early again! 

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To your surfing success,

Dr. Mike Martin
SurfSuccess.com

P.S.  Just think!  You'll never again suffer through the pain and hassle of losing control in your heat.  Or not being able to figure out why you couldn't surf like you know you can.  Now you can get everything laid out for you, practically handed to you on a silver platter.  You simply fill-in-the-blanks...and you're ready to win heats!

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