Competition period, from the Women’s Tennis Internationals to preparation for the World Table Tennis Championships. So little time to devote to writing blogs. Many matches, some won some lost. Stress skyrocketing, those who manage it effectively win.
The most heard word these days is continuity of play, often you don’t have to do exceptional things but show continuity of play regardless of the outcome at that moment. This is the most difficult mental condition to maintain, for when you suffer the opponent it is easy to respond with a depressed or overly aggressive mental approach. Both are mental states that block sports expression. However, in these individual opposition sports it is very common for athletes to react to difficulties in this way.
In these moments the struggle shifts from a technical-tactical to a purely psychological level in which whoever can maintain an adequate level of self-control is likely to emerge victorious from the match.
The question becomes in my opinion that of training to deal with these situations with a constructive approach, certainly it is not easy but it is necessary to orient the athletes in this direction: to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations.
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