Success vs. Joy
- LXXI -
Think Positive
A retired Inspector-General of Police and sports psychologist (B.P. Bam) taught me techniques of visualization.
He said, “The night before an important game, visualize yourself making the strokes you want to. Try and live through the experience that is going to take place in as exact a manner as possible. Don’t visualize holding up the trophy, instead try and recreate your strokes and the control with which you strike the balls.”
If you do this for barely 10 minutes before going to sleep, it will work wonders for you. It reinforces your subconscious to enjoy yourself while you play. Most people, however, visualize what could happen along negative lines. Instead of visualizing themselves playing well and enjoying themselves, they think about missing shots and the consequences that could follow. The mind needs one-hundredth of a second to lose its focus and concentration. So, force yourself to visualize only in terms of executing the perfect stroke.