10 Talks
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10 Talks CONVERSAT10N – Performance Anxiety, The Yips, and Superstitions
24 minutes Posted Apr 21, 2023 at 3:18 pm.
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Join Carlette Patterson, Head Sports Life Coach® & CEO of Patterson Sports Ventures® and Mark R. Allen, MD, Peak Sports Psychiatry to hear about the power of anxiety, resulting coping mechanisms, and how our mind and body are connected.

Wellbeing:
  • Anxiety has a sweet spot where too little or too much of it can negatively impact performance.
  • In pressure moments, find a way to self-soothe anxiety such as an attention shift or using box breathing methods to calm the nervous system and regain control.
INFORMAT10N:
  • Superstitions arise when an athlete needs a sense of control.
  • The Yips refers to the performance barrier when anxiety affects motor function.
NAVIGAT10N Through Change:
  • It is essential to trust the process and preparation, without thinking about the result, to achieve peak performance.

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