How Do You Recognize When You Lose Control?

In poker they call it tilt, right? When you you lose control of your emotions. And so i need to do it in real time, almost. You need to recognize, and then recalibrate. The beautiful thing about short track speed skating is the sport gives you instantaneous feedback. So there's a fine line between trying way too hard and not trying enough. Some athletes need to be like a friend of mine who was n olympical medalist in bob sled,. He had to be angry before his race. That's what he used as his lever. For me, i recognized that when i performed my ball, my best, i was the most relaxed. My heart rate was...