Team
sports hold a couple of important advantages over individual pursuits. Key among them is the opportunity to spread
the psychological or emotional burden.
Playing by yourself places all the spot light and all the responsibility
on you. Paralysis is common in young
sports people, in team and individual sports.
It expresses as the tendency to repeat the same mistakes; to struggle to
identify and manage alternative actions and strategies. It happens when we fixate on ourselves and
our actions. We stop ‘seeing’ other
possibilities. Team sport provides a
solution: rather than thinking about your actions, observe and consider others instead. Trust your skills – it’s not important what
level of ability you possess. Watch the
game and your teammates from your position and imagine what you can do to
support them. By placing team function
and performance above that of any individual we avoid contracting our point of
view, which is the basic problem of paralysis.
When we fixate on the problem, we can’t see the solution. Our brains are very clever problem solvers and
what they usually need is more information – look around you; see what’s happening. Let your instincts guide you.
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