COMPETITIVE ANXIETY - (The solution is the problem)
I learnt something VERY important (in my competitive career) about nerves. Sports psychologists advise solutions to control nerves, ALL have misdiagnosed the problem - nerves are not the problem! The problem is..
I learnt something VERY important (in my competitive career) about nerves. Sports psychologists advise solutions to control nerves, ALL have misdiagnosed the problem - nerves are not the problem! The problem is..
https://twitter.com/GuruAnaerobic/status/1374739870745309184
viewing pre-competitive nervousness as disempowering. I found out that top performers suffer form nerves, but they view nerves as empowering - a sort of psychological rocket fuel for top performance.
The pseudo sports psychologists at my university taught all the various....
The pseudo sports psychologists at my university taught all the various....
...BS ways to control nerves, mostly useless. They didn't realise that competitive nerves are not a problem; how the nerves are perceived by the athlete IS the problem. By teaching that nerves are a problem they were making the problem worse.
- IF you have nerves and you are turning up to compete, you are psychologically tough not weak.
- If you have nerves, you are engaged
- It is good to be nervous
- View nerves as empowering, don't get rid of them, reframe them.
- If you have nerves, you are engaged
- It is good to be nervous
- View nerves as empowering, don't get rid of them, reframe them.
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