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concentration/relaxation techniques
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:12 pm
by meg
before a meet i tend to have a lot of anxiety and nervousness...what are the best ways to calm myself and focus?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:20 pm
by Scott Go Pre
I relax and get focused by listening to music that will pump me up, and I will also -- before hand-- I will spend a lot of time to myself and think about the "perfect" vault.
Other ways to relax is to take a pre-meet bathroom break to clean out your body of anything that could hold you down.
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:10 pm
by blazerunner121
talk to someone about something, doesn't have to be vaulting, better yet, don't talk about vaulting. and i have to agree with listening to music, def. helps keep mind off being nervous.
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:06 pm
by fong520
find someone u like. and start flirting with them, or just find some random person u kno adn do it... its pretty fun heh adn mayb ull get a hookup too hehe. play some guitar takes my mind off of it heh
but i guess id idnt read it right.. u gotta just think that u kno wat u have to do to get better and u will give ur best to try adn do it.. u kno that ur coach has taught u well now use it to help urself to try and get a new pr adn help the team score.
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:59 pm
by Lord of the Poles
I just talk and walk around and listen to music, I just take my attention off the vault
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:20 pm
by Mecham
fong520 wrote:find someone u like. and start flirting with them, or just find some random person u kno adn do it... its pretty fun heh adn mayb ull get a hookup too hehe.
Actually thats true. Usually when you have someone watching you, or someone that you really want to impress. You vault better. It gets the addrenalin pumping. It works for me anyway. So bring your girlfriend or some hot girl to watch you. (in a guys case)
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:26 pm
by mcminkz05
Mecham wrote:fong520 wrote:find someone u like. and start flirting with them, or just find some random person u kno adn do it... its pretty fun heh adn mayb ull get a hookup too hehe.
Actually thats true. Usually when you have someone watching you, or someone that you really want to impress. You vault better. It gets the addrenalin pumping. It works for me anyway. So bring your girlfriend or some hot girl to watch you. (in a guys case)
i definetly agree. Besides helpign to take your mind off of pole vault, polevault = show off, sooo...
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:38 pm
by OAKPV2004
Have fun. dont feel the pressure
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:46 pm
by Lord of the Poles
Mecham wrote:fong520 wrote:find someone u like. and start flirting with them, or just find some random person u kno adn do it... its pretty fun heh adn mayb ull get a hookup too hehe.
Actually thats true. Usually when you have someone watching you, or someone that you really want to impress. You vault better. It gets the addrenalin pumping. It works for me anyway. So bring your girlfriend or some hot girl to watch you. (in a guys case)
Actually, I get too nervous that I'll mess up and then I don't do as well because I'm too worried about doing well to impress. I prefer to not know who's out there in the crowd watching.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:49 pm
by blazerunner121
Lord of the Poles wrote:Mecham wrote:fong520 wrote:find someone u like. and start flirting with them, or just find some random person u kno adn do it... its pretty fun heh adn mayb ull get a hookup too hehe.
Actually thats true. Usually when you have someone watching you, or someone that you really want to impress. You vault better. It gets the addrenalin pumping. It works for me anyway. So bring your girlfriend or some hot girl to watch you. (in a guys case)
Actually, I get too nervous that I'll mess up and then I don't do as well because I'm too worried about doing well to impress. I prefer to not know who's out there in the crowd watching.
yea, i get scared if i mess up especially if theres someone there that i need to vault good for. i just pretend no one is there, thinking its just me, myself, and my vault.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:21 pm
by fong520
hah indoors we prac at nite and in the other gym on the north side of the school is cheerleaders practicing, and whenever they are lookign through the windows at us adn stuff or just inside watching i always feel like im getting a foot higher heh..
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:33 pm
by Lord of the Poles
fong520 wrote:hah indoors we prac at nite and in the other gym on the north side of the school is cheerleaders practicing, and whenever they are lookign through the windows at us adn stuff or just inside watching i always feel like im getting a foot higher heh..
Yea, I'd feel the need to impress, but that would cause me to probably overcompensate for what I'm trying to do, and then I do bad.