@emmawoodhousecoaching: This can feel so frustrating when you're at races and your brain won't CALM DOWN 😤 Especially when you felt so confident going into the race… your mind still races at races! Well if you're not sure why that happens, here are some reasons why… 😬 You’re constantly thinking about what you don’t want to happen. When your focus is on avoiding mistakes—like DNFing or falling—it consumes your mental energy. But what happens when you only focus on what you don't want to happen is you're actually putting more focus on what you don't want. That's why those mistakes keep happening or you ski so conservatively that you avoid the mistake but you're slow. Still results in what you don't want. 😣 You’re putting too much pressure on yourself to finish. Fear of failure in yourself or disappointing others can make the race feel overwhelming. This pressure blocks flow and creates stiff, cautious skiing. I know you want to have a fast race but putting more pressure on yourself won't help you to go faster (because you don't have this pressure in training). 😵💫 You’re too nervous to let your brain settle. Trying to force your mind to quiet down backfires when nerves are high. It can feel more frustrating because you don't want to be thinking about what could happen or what you don't want to happen but you can't shut it off. All of these negative emotions will keep you feeling really nervous and that usually results in you skiing completely different to how you ski in training. #sportsontiktok #skiracing #skiracer #mentalperformance #mentaltraining
