Athletes Authority ON AIR | Ep. 120 - "We Can't Be A Spectator In Our Own Life." Downgrading Pressure & Emotional Regulation w/ David King
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The Stress Response
There is no sporting event that actually has pressure linked to it. The stress response occurs when we have what we might deem to be an unusually valuable outcome added to an uncertainty of our skill level. That will then cause a physiological and a psychological response. Can we control that? Yes we can. What's better from a mental fitness perspective is to plan for it, put the strategies in place before it happens. If we can't do that, then being able to control it after the stress response takes hold. So there are sort of two sides to the stress response and pressure. Serena Williams doesn't double fault on championship points because she has planned and she's experienced it and she's put
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