Post by Steve on Dec 5, 2009 11:16:40 GMT -5
We've all seen it, late in the game with 1:29 left down by two goals, a time out is called....the score 2-0...your team has not a sniff of the net all game - they are behind and whatever they have been focusing on has not work. Add renewed focus, desperation, a time out and a new game plan...BOOM... Low and behold 1:29 later tie game.
What changed?
Whether it is Basketball, Football, F1 and even soccer....there is an incredible impact on your play when your focus is changed...what happened? You become ultra clear on what you need to do - it becomes clear. No other outcome is possible....and you see it happen.
It is interesting when pressure is added, when those situations call for the "athlete's" to bring their game to the next level.
How about the Group of Death...do you think those teams will have to heighten their level of play..already its in their heads....what about with NFL play offs emminent.....same effect.
Point is when the game gets bigger it seems like Mental focus is fine tuned, the distractions tuned out, the objectives are clear, the dedication and commitment all amped up.
I see it all the time - whether watching sports or people deal with deadlines, the champions have that ability to bring it to the next level.
With so many of you saying "MENTAL FOCUS" or just "MENTAL" as the key aspect of you winning an MTT...here is an assignment for our first roundtable of 2010....we'll have everyone discuss their "Commitment Tournament"...if you don't quite understand the task feel free to PM me...basically I need a commitment from you that this will be not just another tournament, this wil be your best physcial effort...no 3 am 180 mans...I am talking about complete quiet, no MSN, no Skype...just focus.
Tell the wife/husband/girlfriend/lover/dog this one is special, the door has to be closed. No multi tabling, no other distractions. One complete tournament...start to finish.
What's cool about Poker On Line is you can schedule that night..plan it like its a championship tournament. Focus on it days prior to playing it. Walk a block a day and think about your best game. Write it out - how you play when you win (a model anyone?) and commit to that one tournament.
Here's the kicker - you have to post the date and time of your tournament here, and in that thread try and update your play on each break...describing how your playing - how you are going to play in the next hour.
Prior to the tournament, your going to put in your thread how and why this is different.
Don't lie, be precise - have the exact plan....tell everyone what you usually do when you donk, but more importantly think about all the postitives in the plan.
Write us on what this is going to look like, how your focus is, how your physical is....walk a block before you start...ONE BLOCK before you start and clear the mind.
You get to do this only once....once posted....your down.
You have to do 1 commitment Tournament before our next meeting....let's see how making a "commitment" to playing your best poker, and announcing it to the world changes your results.
What changed?
Whether it is Basketball, Football, F1 and even soccer....there is an incredible impact on your play when your focus is changed...what happened? You become ultra clear on what you need to do - it becomes clear. No other outcome is possible....and you see it happen.
It is interesting when pressure is added, when those situations call for the "athlete's" to bring their game to the next level.
How about the Group of Death...do you think those teams will have to heighten their level of play..already its in their heads....what about with NFL play offs emminent.....same effect.
Point is when the game gets bigger it seems like Mental focus is fine tuned, the distractions tuned out, the objectives are clear, the dedication and commitment all amped up.
I see it all the time - whether watching sports or people deal with deadlines, the champions have that ability to bring it to the next level.
With so many of you saying "MENTAL FOCUS" or just "MENTAL" as the key aspect of you winning an MTT...here is an assignment for our first roundtable of 2010....we'll have everyone discuss their "Commitment Tournament"...if you don't quite understand the task feel free to PM me...basically I need a commitment from you that this will be not just another tournament, this wil be your best physcial effort...no 3 am 180 mans...I am talking about complete quiet, no MSN, no Skype...just focus.
Tell the wife/husband/girlfriend/lover/dog this one is special, the door has to be closed. No multi tabling, no other distractions. One complete tournament...start to finish.
What's cool about Poker On Line is you can schedule that night..plan it like its a championship tournament. Focus on it days prior to playing it. Walk a block a day and think about your best game. Write it out - how you play when you win (a model anyone?) and commit to that one tournament.
Here's the kicker - you have to post the date and time of your tournament here, and in that thread try and update your play on each break...describing how your playing - how you are going to play in the next hour.
Prior to the tournament, your going to put in your thread how and why this is different.
Don't lie, be precise - have the exact plan....tell everyone what you usually do when you donk, but more importantly think about all the postitives in the plan.
Write us on what this is going to look like, how your focus is, how your physical is....walk a block before you start...ONE BLOCK before you start and clear the mind.
You get to do this only once....once posted....your down.
You have to do 1 commitment Tournament before our next meeting....let's see how making a "commitment" to playing your best poker, and announcing it to the world changes your results.
