In all these years that I have had the ability to measure success as oppose to non success and it has become clearly obvious to me that some people view pressure as a major obstacles or contributing factor that leads them to not fulfilling their aspirations and goals. Some people have the natural ability to handle pressure under extreme circumstances.
Years ago Roger Bannister was presented with an opportunity and under extreme pressure he decided to take on a record that had never been done in the history of the world. The challenge that he faced was under enormous pressure as he set out to break the 4 minute mile barrier.
Before that day people would say it wasn’t possible. The human body wouldn’t allow a person to attain such a major accomplishment. Well, Thanks to Roger that wasn’t the case and from that day to this day there have been over 20.000 athletes that have done it because they all knew it was possible. If Roger could do it, they could do it.
So pressure is a reflection of your eye sight or external reality not your mind sight or internal power. What do I mean when I say that, well what you see in your life visually and what you’re exposed to is what you have the tendency to believe. Alternately if you view it from a mind set of vision and imagination the possibilities are limitless. The power of the mind is so great.
An example is I was watching game 4 of the NBA finals series in 2010. Los Angeles Lakers vs the Orlando Magic. The LA Lakers clearly had a mind set that they would win the game. You could see it in their demeanor, their posture, the way they set their minds to achieving their goal. On the other hand the Orlando Magic played the game with a sense of casualty, not clearly focusing, not cool under the pressure, looked confused at times and couldn’t complete simple tasks to get them over the top.
You can blame Orlando’s top player for missing 2 free throws with 30 seconds left when his team was up by 3 points. Making those 2 free throws would have almost certainly secured the game for them. What happened to make him missed those crucial free throws. Well, He didn’t picture the shot in his mind; see the vision play out in his mind for him to execute the shots. He relied on physical instinct, the external factors, and the way he’s always done it instead of using the power of his imagination and his mind, thus relieving the pressure.
I grasp this long time ago as I have been in many situations where I came through under pressure by using the mind’s power instead of external influences. Scored the shot at the buzzer, Took the game winning rebound, Blocked the shot on the last play. My mind was constantly working and I have mastered the art of using it in a very powerful way.
The mind is so powerful and wants you to do things correctly to enable you to succeed in your endeavors but you have to constantly send it messages for it to kick in and make it happen for you. When this is practiced over and over again you can see the power of the mind and how it constantly goes in to overdrive to correct situations.
This is the way to alleviate any suggestion of pressure. You can choose to bring it on to yourself or you can use the power of your mind to make thing happen for you.
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One Response to “Message From The Coach Pressure or No Pressure X’s and O’s”
Tammie Manfull says:
October 7, 2009 at 4:17 am (Edit)
Hi Kelvin! I found these examples to be very inspiring! I am learning what focus means – to me, it is determining what your smaller goal will be and concentrating on what steps you’ll take now to reach that goal along the journey to your long range goal. I feel so blessed to be learning every day and connecting with great people like you!
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