You’re a few minutes away from your next lesson…
While you wait, I’ve got a little bonus tip for you about pressure.
You see, there’s a really common misconception we need to clear up…
People think they need to be totally calm to play their best.
Actually, the Yerkes-Dodson law shows that’s not true.
If your activation level is too high then your performance suffers because you’re too nervous. That’s pretty obvious to most people.
But if you’re not activated enough physically then your performance also suffers. That’s because there’s not enough at stake to make things interesting.
It’s easy to confuse excitement and anxiety. Physically, you want to feel excited – to the extent that it feels a bit uncomfortable. You want your mind to be still and clear, though.
So the big takeaway here is not to see the physical response as a bad thing. Seeing it as negative can lead to worry, which leads to a stronger physical response. And things start to spiral downwards…
Whereas when you meet the same ‘uncomfortable’ initial physical response with: “great! That’s my body gearing up for action”. Then the uncomfortable part tends to dissipate of its own accord. And you’re left with just the (many) positive benefits of pressure.
Understanding this puts you in a position where you can learn to manage your response. You control it, rather than have it control you.
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