The other day I was giving a colleague a rundown of the performance curve: that we each have an optimum level of stress/stimulation – above that level, our performance declines due to being overwhelmed with anxiety; below that level, we aren’t stimulated…
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Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable
choke [verb] (in sports): To fail to perform at a crucial point of a game or contest as a result of nervousness In Part III (“Mind-Set for Success”) of Mind Gym, there’s a chapter called Breathe and Focus that discusses choking in the context of…
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The Performance Curve: how to perform at your best
“In graduate school the most important psychological concept I learned is something called the performance curve.” – Sports psychologist Gary Mack (Mind Gym – p29). In Part I (“Welcome to the Inner Game”) of Mind Gym, there’s a chapter called Know Your…
Tagged with: Gary Mack, Metric, Mind Gym, performance curve, Sam Roberts, sports psychology, stress
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Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Math and Science, Soccer, Sports
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