STOP EXPLAINING YOURSELF
How many mistakes have you made in training or competition?
Is every technique you perform going to be picture perfect?
Do you want to give your opponent extra motivation, to take your head off?
Are you there to Win, or are you there to help your opponent win?
How many times has this happened to you?
You’re in the gym putting in work with your coach.
You’re on the last round of your training session “fitness conditioning”
Your shoulders are burning from the combinations of speed & power punches.
Your legs are about to collapse because of the numerous rounds of pads, drills & sparring you JUST did.
You’re gasping for air & you say to yourself “this is fucked! I cant do this anymore!”
Everything feels heavy and there’s ‘no way’ you can throw another punch or take another angle.
..then you hear those last three glorious words
Coach: “LAST 10 SECONDS!!!”
All of a sudden you become super-saiyan & find this ‘new found’ energy out of no where, dominating the round.
What happened? How did you survive? I thought you had "nothing left”.
I’ll tell you what happened, you chose to mentality switch on. And because you gave yourself permission to control the clock & dominate the last 10 seconds, you matched your effort with the situation.
Can you imagine if your coach or the bell didn’t give you some sort of signal…can you imagine how down & out you would’ve been? Can you imagine giving up, staying in pain & counting down the seconds to this never ending round?
And thats exactly my point!
Too many people when they’re sparring, they make a mistake because their technique wasn’t perfect, they were off balance for a split second or they got hit one too many times.
So what do they do? They show some sort of frustration, because they weren’t perfect for the entire round.
Why is that so important from a training & competition point of view?
When you show frustration to your opponent, YOU’RE the one saying “LAST 10 SECONDS”
You’re giving your opponent that last bit of motivation to pick themselves up & win the fight.
Are you there to win? Or are you there to help your opponent win?
Yes we strive for perfection. Yes we want to dominate the entire fight.
Though most often than not, you’re going to get hit. Most often than not, youre going to get fatigued.
Do we throw a tantrum when we’re dont do something ‘perfect’ & help moitvate our opponent?
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
We stay mentally switched on, we control the next 10 seconds.
Which then leads to controlling the round.
Which then leads to controlling the fight.
Which then ultimately leads getting the W.
