Mental training 1

After in my last article explained philosophy , I invented myself a * how to train your mentality* for playing in tournaments or for important matches.

The first key point is repeated excercise.
It´s obvious if you think about itm but where lies the self esteem while playing, where doews the confidence lies when playing.
It´s not our ranking and not the count on how many games we have won, but the things we know we can do well.
For example learn basic patterns or study certain fusekis bfore tournaments or repeat josekis or study certain josekis  for the use of it in a tournament.
It not only gives an  boost in selfconfindence but even helps one playing in a level above his normal self.
Why you ask?
because we would by then know what we want to play if it happens or becomes similiar. That´s because we thought about it a long time to prepare for it and this gives us a safety feeling if comes down to what is expected.
Of course the possibility of something else happening in the game is high, but!!!!!!!
that doesn´t mean that preparations were for naught.
If something else happens, it´s only outside of the predictions but not outside of the game, the way one practices and studies before a tournament can by applied during a game as well and because one did study beforhand, it becomes easier to think during the game itself :-)

Even if you are weak as long as you practice certain situations...

you will be able to handle similiar ones with confidence  and even beat someone stronger