excellence, actually 059 - Olympics Preview: Inside the Olympian's Mindset
Jul 25, 2024
The podcast delves into the upcoming Olympics, highlighting the excitement around track events and the mindset of top performers. It discusses the rivalry in the women's 400m hurdles, importance of staying relaxed in pressure situations, strategic matchups in the men's 1500m race, views on doping in sports, and debate on summer Olympic sports.
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Build Confidence With Evidence
- To perform under pressure, build evidence of competence so confidence comes from training, not wishful thinking.
- Shift focus from needing a feeling to showing up and executing the work you practiced.
Six Years To Learn How To Relax
- Clay describes it took him six years of running to learn how to actually relax in a 400m race.
- He only discovered the right feeling after hundreds of hours of practice and gradual experience.
Train Relaxation With Specific Cues
- Practice the relaxed-feeling under fatigue rather than just telling yourself to "relax" in competition.
- Use specific physical cues (shake arms, loosen jaw) and rehearse them in training when tired.