Coaching practices for Pre Performance Routines After a Setback
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- My prep works fine until something interrupts it
- I have a few superstitious little rituals before I compete, but they’re just things I do out of habit
- When the nerves hit, my warm-up stretches on and on as I fidget and re-do things, and that very dragging-out is the tell that I’m rattled
- Every time I face the same kind of high-stakes moment my nerves hit me cold and unpredictable, and I want some small repeatable thing I do beforehand
- When a setback hits I’m always blindsided, like I’d quietly assumed everything would just keep going fine
Practices that may help
- Practice routine disruption so it doesn’t derail performance
Train yourself to reset and re-enter the routine after interruptions so disruption never catches you unprepared.
Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical - Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical
Pre-performance routines are standardized behavioral and mental sequences performed before a performance that direct attention, manage arousal, and activate well-rehearsed movement patterns. Sport psychology research (particularly Stuart Cotterill’s work) and multiple meta-analyses find they reliably improve consistency and reduce performance variability across athletic and skill-based tasks. - Design your pre-performance sequence with clear functional anchors
Build a sequence where every step serves a specific psychological function — not just habit.
Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical - Standardize the duration of your routine
Fix the length of your pre-performance sequence so timing does not become a pressure variable.
Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical - Create a pre-performance ritual that includes posture
A consistent pre-performance ritual — including posture — reduces anxiety and improves performance more reliably than any single element.
Power Posing Revisited - Negative visualization (premeditatio malorum)
Briefly imagine losing what you have, so you stop taking it for granted and brace for setbacks.
Stoicism, as a Set of Practices - Include a brief process imagery step in your routine
Mentally rehearse the execution process — not the outcome — as part of your preparation sequence.
Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical - Worst-case rehearsal (take the shock out)
Calmly rehearse a likely setback in advance so it arrives expected, not as an ambush.
Premeditatio Malorum, in Depth - Debrief after performance without letting relief collapse the strategy
After a successful performance, acknowledge the outcome honestly without abandoning the preparation habit that produced it.
Defensive Pessimism, Made Practical - Use mastery imagery to build confidence before high-stakes performances
Replay previous best performances in imagery before high-pressure situations.
Mental Rehearsal and Imagery, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Pre Performance Routines After A Loss
Pre-performance routines are standardized behavioral and mental sequences performed before a performance that direct attention, manage arousal, and activate well-rehearsed movement patterns. Sport psychology research (particularly Stuart Cotterill’s work) and multiple meta-analyses find they reliably improve consistency and reduce performance variability across athletic and skill-based tasks.
- Pre Performance Ritual
Build a sequence where every step serves a specific psychological function — not just habit.
Design your pre-performance sequence with clear functional anchors
- When Pre Performance Routine Design Your Ppr Sequence
Build a sequence where every step serves a specific psychological function — not just habit.
- Cotterill Pre Performance Routine
Pre-performance routines are standardized behavioral and mental sequences performed before a performance that direct attention, manage arousal, and activate well-rehearsed movement patterns. Sport psychology research (particularly Stuart Cotterill’s work) and multiple meta-analyses find they reliably improve consistency and reduce performance variability across athletic and skill-based tasks.
- Design Pre Performance Routine
Pre-performance routines are standardized behavioral and mental sequences performed before a performance that direct attention, manage arousal, and activate well-rehearsed movement patterns. Sport psychology research (particularly Stuart Cotterill’s work) and multiple meta-analyses find they reliably improve consistency and reduce performance variability across athletic and skill-based tasks.
- Havening Before Performance
Run a short havening sequence before a high-stakes event to lower physiological anxiety.
Havening to clear pre-performance anxiety
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