How I Learnt to Cope With Sports Performance Anxiety

I might fear about every part that will affect my efficiency. I might fear about getting a very good evening’s sleep earlier than the sport and that if I didn’t go to mattress by a sure time, I might play badly and my staff would lose, and it will be all my fault.

I might go to mattress actually early for days main as much as the match, which took the joy away, as a result of I used to be so harassed about making certain I slept nicely. On the morning of video games, I might get up with butterflies in my abdomen, and I wouldn’t have the ability to eat. In fact these two issues most likely made my efficiency worse. I might lie awake worrying in regards to the upcoming match, and since I hadn’t eaten, I wouldn’t have any vitality.

The anxiousness continued after the match. If we had misplaced, I might spend the remainder of the day in a foul temper, rethinking the occasions of the sport, and all of the issues I may have carried out otherwise. Even when we had gained, I might nonetheless look again and consider all of the issues I may have carried out otherwise.