how-to-avoid-choking-under-pressure

[Golden Dragon]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-avoid-choking-under-pressure

 

[homeslice]

A very good read. Thank you for posting this... time to put it into action

 

[BayouSlide]

If find that useful and are interested in some graduate level education in the mental aspects of the game for competitive shooting, you might find these two books useful as well:
Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals by Brian Enos
With Winning in Mind by Larry Bassham

 

[Golden Dragon]

If find that useful and are interested in some graduate level education in the mental aspects of the game for competitive shooting, you might find these two books useful as well:
Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals by Brian Enos
With Winning in Mind by Larry Bassham

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[BayouSlide]

From the article: "The idea that too much self-monitoring hinders performance aligns with the well-established theory of how the brain learns to perform complex motor skills—anything from speaking to typing to cradling a lacrosse ball. The part of our brain that is most involved in learning a new task is the cerebral cortex, which controls higher-order, conscious thought and is adaptable to novel situations. But as we play a piece of music or practice a speech over and over again, we gradually transfer the control of that activity from the cerebral cortex to another area of the brain, the cerebellum, which orchestrates the lightning-fast motor activation needed to perform complex actions. “The cerebral cortex is very good at general-purpose stuff but not at intricately timed things,” says Boston University neurologist Frank Guenther. “You want to get the better-equipped part of the brain doing the job for these tasks.” Thus, when people are learning something new they show high levels of activity in the cerebral cortex, whereas when they perform a task they already know well they show more activity in the cerebellum."

This is the reason why we practice the fundamentals of the complex tasks that involve shooting, and why we will perform poorly if we do anything other than turn our brain over to execution once the buzzer goes off. If you don't already have your plan for the stage inprinted into your subconscious before the buzzer, there is no way you will perform smoothly and efficiently.

To observe without any distortion is only possible if there is complete
attention with your body, your nerves, your mind, your heart, your ears.
Then you will see, if you so attend, that there is no entity or being called
the observer. Then there is only attention.—Krishnamurti

That's for posting the article G.D....to me, the mental aspects of the game are what keep it so fascinating