Overcome Performance Anxiety and Achieve CALM Focus With Sports Psychology Concepts
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Helpful advice.
Transformers is based
“You’re arousing yourself, ya know? In a physiological sense. Not getting aroused, that wouldn’t help you… in.. most situations” made me spit out my oatmeal 🤣
I do dual task training all the time. When I play games or write my books or study for school I have a YouTube video playing or a podcast in the background
Personally I’m a huge nerd so when I get too anxious, I like to pretend I’m Spider-man honing in my spider sense. I take a deep breath, pretending this is the moment the hero is truly focused and letting his mind align itself to the stimulus. Kinda like how Tom Holland looks like he’s having an anxiety attack then all of the sudden focuses and finds the danger in Norman. Or how Neo begins to free his mind and fights Morpheus or Agent Smith with renewed precision and focus
From now on I’ll listen to blood borne boss battle music…THEY WILL FEAR ME
I recently had a job interview and was nervous to the point of it being debilitating. As an adult male with a job I am good at, and one that I really enjoy, the role was similar enough that it was mine to lose but the nerves were getting on top of me. Then I saw this video which inspired me.
My choice of music was the Yakuza 0 game soundtrack and I prepped for the interview whilst being guided by the main game character, Kazama Kiryu. I pictured him walking the streets of Tokyo, kicking ass and helping those in need. I was useful rather than a nervous wreck.
I aced the interview and got the job. All the while having Kiryu by my side and the soundtrack in my head. As long as what was going on in my head wasn't showing on my face or through my words, I was going to be fine.
(But I did pretend to clear my throat and mouth the words, "Kazama Kiryu" to myself)
I suppose this is a bonkers way of saying thank you Adam, for this unexpected video in your series which seemed to have come at just the right time.
Fate or coincidence? I think you should tackle that next.
I was recently talking to one of my students about this very thing. I told her about a quote that changed my life that I think you guys (especially Adam) will appreciate:
I'll paraphrase, because I don't remember precisely how it goes.
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Goku was about to enter the Other World Tournament. Not knowing of his exploits, he was seen as the underdog by his Kai's rivals and they had low expectations of his fighting capability. One of the Kais noticed Goku quivering.
"Look at him! He's so nervous, he's shaking in his boots!" the rival Kai said.
"No, it's not that." Goku responded. "I'm not shaking because I'm nervous. I'm shaking because I'm excited!"
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This way of reframing your emotions made a big difference to me. I know Goku wasn't nervous in the first place, but the fact that the body exhibits essentially the same sensation being anxious as when you're really excited, it enabled me to tweak that inner voice to find that confidence and anticipation leading up to high-pressure challenges.
So, pretty much any time I get those nagging butterflies, I hear Goku's voice in my head. And then I get excited.
Anxiety and excitement are the same feelings i was told
"In moments of crisis, panic does nothing. Harness it, let it serve you."- Kratos
This is really cool advice, I will defiantly try this 👌💪
Thank you so much Adam…I am a teenager and I'm thinking about asking a girl for her number, I am definitely the second one. The worrier and I am having incredible trouble with getting rid of the feeling of dread, fear, and anxiety that overwhelms me. This video helped me a lot
i needed this badly for cricket, such a useful concept, i usually perform at 50% of my best when underpressure
counting, consciously moving parts of my body and stuff like this helped me with depression actually. i was in a state of aimlessness and needed to sort of rewire because my brain started sending mixed signals which caused me actual physical pain. breathing and such didnt work. with breathing exercises in general for me i've found they're only useful if done for longer periods at once or as maintenance they're no short term fix
Thanks Adam, super interesting! Your second tip reminds me of an incident when I was growing up. I’m definitely an anxious, tense, overthinking/perfectionist type of person. When I was growing up I took cooling lessons, and I remember one occasion where I kept messing up a particular passage over and over. Every time I did I would start from the beginning, and I was getting more and more frustrated. Then, as I went to play it again for the upteenth time, my teacher intentionally said something that made me laugh, and I played it perfectly. It was really like my focus and effort had been getting in the way. I think this is often true more metaphorically, for example if you really want to be liked or you care a lot about a particular relationship. The intensity really undermines your desires.
sport psychology is interesting
Hey can you make a comprehensive video about using square space and how to set it up?
Hi Adam,
I purchased your program through your website. I have been using it for a few months and have enjoyed it a lot. I sent you an email and a follow up to try to thank you and connect, but no response.
The timing on this is grand. I just finished using LISS coupled with Qigong to encourage a state change, as I've been under a tremendous amount of stress which has been compromising my ability to live well. I need to work with and understand this process of transformation more deeply, and I appreciate the research terminology that will allow me to do so. Much gratitude for you & your channel. You've got the power!
The same strategies for autistic sensory overload work for non-autistic. Which is what you’re talking about like counting. Also there are great studies showing how viewing something as a challenge in stead of a threat is fantastic for stress regulation and performance.
Oh that’s what that’s called? Man I’m pro at that. Pretty much all of Jr high school was arousal regulation. It was very stressful around a bunch hot chicks.
The automated process is something I've found recently. I've been having flying lessons, and to encourage this the instructor just talks to you the whole time. He points out landmarks and then quizzes you on what he's said or asked and expects you to ask intelligent questions about what he's talking about. I found that when I was engaging with him, looking at the sights, and actively listening. I flew at the right altitude and speed but as soon as I started actively flying I kept going wrong. It was really interesting to see it working like that.
And I just had a case of the worrier. I'm currently in hospital so I'm hooked up to a heart rate monitor and the nurse was talking to me about protein powder. She was having a reaction to whey, so I explained about the difference with isolate and that it's unlikely to trigger her slight lactose intolerance. Something I'm pretty confident about, but because I was so anxious about being wrong my HR jumped up to 120bpm.
Great video as always 👍