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The Quiet Mind: It Puts Your Playing into a New Gear
The ideal performance state is characterized by a "quiet mind" that results in less cortical interference with the (subcortical) motor control centers and in consistent and efficient execution on motor performance. The Quiet Mind has 6 characteristics: 1. Absence of fear- no fear of failure 2. No thinking about or analysis of performance (related to the motor stage of automaticity) 3. A narrow focus of attention concentrated on the activity itself (e.g. catching and holding onto the football without fear that you'll get crunched a split second later.) 4. A sense of effortlessness- an involuntary experience. Your skill and conditioning preparation is so complete that now you just "let it happen" 5. A sense of personal control and confidence 6. A distortion of time and space, in which time seems to slow. You can see the baseball seams rotating, you can anticipate defender's movements, you can see several plays ahead of everyone else. To perform well, you must be relaxed enough to allow the natural timing and coordination to flow with the movement of the game. When you are in the flow, every movement feels right. Your critical and doubting mind can be bypassed to allow yourself to perform to the fullest potential. Above all, a playful sporting attitude helps you remember that your sport is to be enjoyed. Sources: Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Thomas R. Baechle and Roger W. Earle. 2nd edition, 2000; also: Applied Sports Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance, J.M. Williams, ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.1998. pp. 158-170
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