Who's afraid of arbitrators?

Posted on January 5, 2010
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Who has not experienced "fear" of judges, to know that she really does not let you dance to the level where you got it. A solution to "get rid" of it is to focus on what you have under control, namely you and your choreography. What successful athletes have in common is the ability to have self control, in other words to control thoughts, emotions and executions. External factors such arbitrators can certainly be disturbing, but more difficult to control.

Most dancers do dance of passion. This is fun but more effort is rightly wants to be successful. But what you do with all your work when you feel "fear" of arbitrators makes its appearance even before entering the dance floor? Are you nervous, you're restless, shaking your hands, feet, do not breathe well? Or maybe you grab sleep or stomach pain? You think "How is my score to judge X", "What has to make his impression of me?"

Therefore I want you to talk about one aspect of psychological preparation for competition so that you can "leave" referees from the sidelines with their job, and you have fun dancing to the level you have. This is called: setting goals for the competition. In other words, to decide for yourself some goals (2-3 for example) that you have in mind on the dance floor.

What are the benefits of setting personal goals?

* When you have a clear direction in mind, so your objective pursued is much easier to focus on execution, to keep your emotional balance and dance to your level.
* Mind is occupied with "something" yours and no longer has time to be distracted by disturbing factors such as looking arbitrator or thought like, "says the referee?" Or, "I wrong!"
* The energy that you consume your being a "fear" is transformed into positive action: know and can dance like you.

How do I set effective goals?

Objectives should be "SMART"

* Specific: Good Example: "back straight and elbows high in quick-step" wrong example "to have a better position to quick-step" (is general and not specific)
* Measurable: Goals set can be quantified, measured: Example: you can say (you or someone outside) if the back was straight and elbows up (throughout the dance, during pirouettes, etc.)
* Acceptable: To be determined by you, to accept them as an objective in itself on which you want to focus
* Realistic: To be achieved: if the training fail to sit with your back straight and elbows high in quick-step, then it is not realistic for it to put your competition
* In Time: To establish specific objective for the competition (eg competition next week)

Practical advice: write down on paper the goals you've set and take it with you the day contest. Put it in her blouse pocket of training, read it between breaks of dance and focus on what to do. The "emotions" and crowds of the day contest reminds you that are your support.

Remember to concentrate on what you have under your control, namely the executions. Referees are factors external to you, less controllable.

For any story suggestion or question, write me at nicoleta@tanase.biz

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