Mental preparation
Mental Preparation
Abhinav Basu Asked 11 years ago
Hi, how to prepare myself mentally for the tournament before the tournament. Sometimes when i play some matches, I before playing the matches get nervous and lose against a player whom I can defeat easily but I don't want this in my upcoming tournament. What to do? How to stop my nervousness.
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Abhinav,
If you go through previous Ask the Coach questions by doing a search at the top of the page you will find a lot of information on this topic.
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