SED PE 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rob Waddell, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Situation Awareness
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Box breathing is the navy seal technique used to calm down and reduce stress. Elite powers: coping with competitive pressure (bltzell, 2000) The purpose of the study was to better understand the coping strategies used by elite level rowers before and during high pressure competitive events, as well as lessons learned from their experiences. 25 contenders for us national and/or 2000 olympic rowing team: 10 female, 15 males, 11 scullers; 14 sweep rowers, lightweights and heavyweights. I wasn"t thinking so much of i have to do this or i"m going to . I was just thinking: i"m just gonna do what is on my plate. It allows you to get to the olympics. It was almost this feeling of christmas you get to open all your presents. Focus on process: it"s like i put a bubble round me while i am sitting there and i can think is like the map i had written out the day before.