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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

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The Importance of Getting Into Moments

I haven't met an athlete that's choked. Have not because nobody eats on the field of play. We call it nerves, but really it's a physiological change that is sudden and feels uncomfortable. If in that moment you can go right, okay, I'm here and you've got that heightened awareness and then the mental skill to be able to navigate those moments, we can down regulate just enough. But we never get fully rid of the nerves,. It takes a while to work through that process.

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