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Old 03-21-2015, 12:57 AM
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Smile I visualize and talk through the day ahead of time:

Before I go out of the house I have to practice in my mind how the day is going to go.
I do this several times and I say it aloud.


. . . .kind of like Olympic Athletes use their minds to picture each of their steps.


Olympians Use Imagery as Mental Training

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/sp...ning.html?_r=0

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“I would say into the recorder: ‘I’m standing on the top of the hill. I can feel the wind on the back of my neck. I can hear the crowd,’ ” Cook said. “Kind of going through all those different senses and then actually going through what I wanted to do for the perfect jump.
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The United States brought nine sports psychologists, including five for its ski and snowboard program.
I think a lot of us could benefit from the expertise of those sports psychologists.

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