Inner voices
Another round of badminton yesterday. the first after the festive seasons... actually it's the first of any exercise! really felt like i was lugging a big lump of fat around the court yesterday. i was literally sliding all over the court.. it might be the shoes or the fact that fat is slippery...
anyway, came back with a tub of KFC (after all that exercise.. i know!) and had a quiet night in with a movie - Wimbledon. It's about tennis (obviously!) and it's about love (hollywood had to appeal to the masses apparently, not just tennis fans!). the interesting bits were actually the bonus features on the DVD. they had a tennis consultant (for those of u who knows tennis.. Pat Cash). he had to train the actors and actresses to play Wimbledon-level tennis in 4 months! there were a lot of CGI, so the training focused on getting them to "look" the part.
then came some interesting ideas that these professional tennis players talk about - the inner voices. this actually featured throughout the movie but i didn't realise it. it just felt like another movie with someone narrating in the background. John McEnroe was there as well (remember him? the obnoxious tennis player?). They talk about how the smallest things that happen can cripple your game e.g. strings break, bad eye contact with someone, shoe laces untied (tennis players are very superstitiuos apparently!). they'll plant a seed of doubt in you and that's all it takes to win or lose a game. it'll trigger the incessant inner voices, battling it out in your head - "i'm tired", "my back hurts", "my ankle hurts", "why am i not winning this guy" etc.. and before u know it, you've lost the game.
hey, i just came back from badminton, and all these did happen! the incessant inner voices... i didn't realise i was talking to myself THAT MUCH! maybe there's a way to drown out all those voices.. i'm sure you've heard of phrases like "in the zone", "on fire".. i think that's being able to drown out the voices, the doubts. i think that's the level to aspire to! now, i'll just need to get a good racquet, good shoes, good t-shirt etc.. i'm still blaming the tools if u haven't noticed!
anyway, came back with a tub of KFC (after all that exercise.. i know!) and had a quiet night in with a movie - Wimbledon. It's about tennis (obviously!) and it's about love (hollywood had to appeal to the masses apparently, not just tennis fans!). the interesting bits were actually the bonus features on the DVD. they had a tennis consultant (for those of u who knows tennis.. Pat Cash). he had to train the actors and actresses to play Wimbledon-level tennis in 4 months! there were a lot of CGI, so the training focused on getting them to "look" the part.
then came some interesting ideas that these professional tennis players talk about - the inner voices. this actually featured throughout the movie but i didn't realise it. it just felt like another movie with someone narrating in the background. John McEnroe was there as well (remember him? the obnoxious tennis player?). They talk about how the smallest things that happen can cripple your game e.g. strings break, bad eye contact with someone, shoe laces untied (tennis players are very superstitiuos apparently!). they'll plant a seed of doubt in you and that's all it takes to win or lose a game. it'll trigger the incessant inner voices, battling it out in your head - "i'm tired", "my back hurts", "my ankle hurts", "why am i not winning this guy" etc.. and before u know it, you've lost the game.
hey, i just came back from badminton, and all these did happen! the incessant inner voices... i didn't realise i was talking to myself THAT MUCH! maybe there's a way to drown out all those voices.. i'm sure you've heard of phrases like "in the zone", "on fire".. i think that's being able to drown out the voices, the doubts. i think that's the level to aspire to! now, i'll just need to get a good racquet, good shoes, good t-shirt etc.. i'm still blaming the tools if u haven't noticed!
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