Why It's a Good Idea to Compete and
18 Tips to Help You Get the Best Experience Out of Competition
Author: Jason Scully
www.GrapplersGuide.com
18 Tips to Help You Get the Best Experience Out of Competition
Author: Jason Scully
www.GrapplersGuide.com
- The love of competition
- How are you going to handle the crowd?
- How are you going to handle the butterflies in your stomach?
- Are you going to remember your techniques?
- Are you going to freeze up, or are you going to stay calm and do everything you do in the gym and win?
Those are just a few of the tests that you have to face in competition and it is great to see how you would do. Competition helps to let you know where you stand in the larger scheme of things by giving you a realistic look at where you stand against other guys with the same experience level as yourself.
- The experience and learning
I have never participated in a competition and not learned something or gained a greater experience of grappling, whether I was to win or lose. Every time I step off of the competition mat I step off a better grappler, a better person, and someone who wants to work harder.
You may want to compete even more, or you may not want to compete any more, but you will not be able to walk away from that competition without learning something.
- I have learned how to test myself in uncomfortable situations.
- I have gained confidence.
- I have learned many things that I need to work on and trust me I have worked on those areas.
- I learned that I am better than others.
- I learned that others are better than me.
- I learned that if feels great to win.
- I learned that I will learn more every time I compete.
- The people I meet
- Do some sort of yoga or meditation exercises the night before. By doing this it helps you relax the night before and clear your mind. Keeping you from getting nervous the night before and losing sleep. Doing some relaxation yoga or meditation exercise before you go to sleep will help you get a better nights sleep.
- Expect a long day. Unfortunately 95% of all grappling tournaments last forever so if you know what to expect right in the beginning it will help you get mentally prepared. So if you read this you now know that there is a big chance you will be waiting around for a while to compete. Make sure you stay focused and tell yourself that you knew it was going to be like this.
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