Coaching practices for In the Middle of Performing My Mind is So Crowded Judging Myself Scanning the Result Second Guessing That I Can't Hold Anything I Want One Tiny Thing I Can Keep Saying to Myself That Crowds All That Noise Out and Just Keeps Me on the Task

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• The instant my mind has nothing to hold onto it floods with instructions and second-guessing
• In the middle of performing my mind is so crowded
• While I’m actually performing there’s this running commentary telling me I’m blowing it, and I take every word of it as fact in the moment
• When it matters most my mind scatters everywhere at once
• 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. 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
2. Use a process goal as an in-performance attention anchor
   Convert your most important process goal into a single attention cue that runs during the performance.
   Process vs. Outcome Goals in Sport and Performance
3. Identify your Self 1 interference in real time
   Notice when your inner critic is instructing, judging, or catastrophizing — and name it as Self 1.
   The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1
4. 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
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 a brief distraction task immediately before execution
   Give working memory something else to do so it can’t hijack your automated skill.
   Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
7. Use thought-stopping to interrupt negative self-talk spirals
   Install a deliberate interruption cue that breaks self-critical rumination before it compounds.
   Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical
8. Install a focus cue as the final routine step
   End every pre-performance routine with one specific cue that triggers full attentional commitment to the task.
   Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical
9. Practice letting go of outcomes
   Release attachment to results during performance so attention can stay with the process.
   The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1
10. Gather: narrow attention to the breath
    After acknowledging the moment, collect your attention onto the physical sensations of breathing.
    The Three-Minute Breathing Space

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