Understanding Repetitive Performance Problems - Advice for Athletes During the Coronavirus Crisis

Many performance problems that athletes struggle with are a direct result of that individual's nervous system sensing danger and automatically shutting down. These are problems that are actually caused by biological factors, NOT mental ones!
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[@sitkanjar]

Very useful information explained in easy to understand language. God bless you Dr Goldberg.

[@TheCompetitivedge]

I'm so glad that you're finding the material so helpful!

[@2fast2block]

I'm just now having this problem. For a while there I thought it was my age of 67 but it's not. Briefly, I like to target shoot with my pistols. One form of shooting is very precise shooting at 25 yards and 50 yards. About 25 years ago I did this a LOT and got very good at it. I did what I thought I could never do or think possible, I shot a 25 X ring score. No competition with others except myself. Still, it's stressful knowing you have to make 25 shots and when you're doing very good leading up to the 25 shots, the stress is, do NOT blow it.
When I dry fire at home, I can hold steady enough to where I know if it was a real shot, I'd be nailing it at least in the 10 ring. When I live fire I'm not as relaxed but still keep about 95% in the 10 ring knowing my ability is still better than that. In the last several days, as I'm holding the pistol very steady, as soon as I start to pull the trigger very slowly, I start to tense up and shake. It's embarrassing; Shooting at closer ranges with other guns or the same gun, I'm more relaxed. Something has come over me that I'm afraid of shooting very precise shots at longer distances. I freeze up! Analyzing myself, I think part of it is that other people there see how you're doing and if you're known for performing well, they want to see those results, and so do I, but....my mind is reacting to it. It's enough to throw off all I know to perform a slow precise shot where everything has to be done with a very small margin of error I've been reading and learning on the topic like crazy to overcome this but I can't shake the shake. Yesterday at the range I left early because it was fruitless. As soon as I got home and dry fired, steady as could be. This all sounds silly but it's important to me and I won't give up on it.
I'll listen to your vids. Thanks.

[@CodyTheTwirler]

Great video as always.👍🏻 Would putting your concentration externally out on the flow of the action, instead of internally on your thoughts, be an effective way of settling your nervous system?

[@TheCompetitivedge]

Exactly! When you focus on your thoughts, your nervous system will ramp up and you'll start feeling stressed. When you focus on what you're doing in the flow of the action, you'll settle and perform more to your potential. This means you have to learn to keep your focus on the doing, not the thinking and when thoughts do pop up (which they will), you quickly and gently reset your focus back outward on what you're doing!

[@CodyTheTwirler]

Competitive Advantage / Dr. Alan Goldberg Thanks for the reply, and the advice!

[@TheCompetitivedge]

Of course!