Coaching practices for When it Counts I'm in My Head About My Own Body Thinking About My Arm My Grip My Form and the More I Micromanage the Mechanics the Clumsier and More Wooden it Gets When the Times it Actually Flows Are the Times I Was Just Locked Onto the Target Instead of Myself

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• When it counts, I’m in my head about my own body
• I can do this thing fluently when no one’s watching, but the moment it matters I start micromanaging every step
• The moment it counts I start watching my own hands and body, micromanaging every move I’ve done a thousand times without thinking
• It’s match point, the moment it matters most, and that’s exactly when my head floods with "don’t blow this"
• The moment I’m up there performing, my head fills with "how do I look, am I blowing this, what are they thinking"

Practices that may help

1. Direct attention to the effect of the movement, not the movement itself
   Attend to where the ball goes or where force lands — not to how your arm or leg moves.
   External Focus of Attention, Made Practical
2. Trust Self 2 — give the body an image, not instructions
   Set the target in vivid sensory terms and then let the body execute without conscious direction.
   The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1
3. Shift attention to external focus under pressure
   Direct attention to the effect of your movement (ball, target, outcome) rather than your body mechanics.
   Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
4. Switch to process-only focus when competition pressure peaks
   When the outcome feels most at stake, deliberately redirect attention to the one next process action.
   Process Goals, Made Practical
5. Shift to task-focused attention under performance anxiety
   Redirect attention from self-monitoring and outcome worry to the specific process cues of the task at hand.
   Attentional Deployment, Made Practical
6. Use more distal external focus for greater performance benefits
   Focus further from the body (on the target, not the implement) for the largest attention benefit.
   External Focus of Attention, Made Practical
7. Execute from procedural memory without step-by-step monitoring
   Trust the automatic version of your skill and resist the urge to supervise each movement.
   Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
8. Direct focus to controllables only, especially under pressure
   When pressure is highest, narrow attention to what you can directly influence — and let everything else go.
   The Clutch State: Performing Under Pressure
9. Compare each practice attempt to your mental representation of the target
   After every attempt, evaluate it against your internal model — not against how it felt.
   Mental Representations: The Expert’s Internal Map
10. Give Self 2 a concrete focus anchor
    Occupy Self 1 with a specific sensory observation task so it stops issuing unhelpful instructions.
    The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1

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