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Omer posted an update
Hey Nelson & people of the community! Semi-related question –
I’ve been slowly improving and building up my rank (to around 1200) and I’m finding that lately I’m feeling a slight anxiety before pressing the “Play” button and getting into a game, it’s less about the rating and more about “oh wow I’m going to meet a tough player and get steamrolled”.
Which is weird because most of the time it’s fine, but I’m feeling anxiety nonetheless.
Any pro tips to not be so bothered and hit that play button?
Thanks in advance!
Marc-André D, Stuart and 2 others9 Comments-
You & me both !!
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I’ve been doing square breathing right before I start games. I just do it for a few minutes until I “feel it”, then I put on some music I like and play. I feel like I’ve been playing a lot better by doing this.
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I find that I don’t play as many games as I should because I think if I don’t play I can’t loose, but when I do play I have so much fun, it’s a really bad habit lol.
Try and remember it’s just a game and we’re all learning and it doesn’t matter if you lose just learn from the mistakes, have fun and In time you’re rating will follow.
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Imagine if you were about to play Nelson in a friendly game. Hopefully you’d be thinking, “I’m going to try and do my best, it I’m sure to learn a few things this game!”
Go in with that mindset, and sometimes you’ll lose and learn something, and sometimes you’ll win (and often still learn something).
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@1sttim1-18 thanks , excellent idea 🙂
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I think we all have a bit of this so you’re not alone!
I think Tim has the right idea, we are just students of the game and we will win and lose and our rating will go up and down but hopefully with a gradual increase. I lost a couple of games the other day but I got so much out of the game reviews after and got a nice win today off the back of it.
It did take me a few days to hit that play button again after the 2 loses though but the high off the win is superb!
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I suffer from the same thing lol, it’s called performance anxiety and it makes my heart beat like a drum into my chest like I’m about to go to war 😂
For me it always happens before the first game so now I just press that damn play button right way and the stress usually goes away after the first game 😅
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An excellent technique is to get the nerves out with a couple warm up games with an intermediate friend or bot. While playing these warm up games don’t focus on winning focus on catching/preventing mistakes. Such as obviously blunders but also losing advantage in the position, giving your opponent too much counter play, and missing tactics. These warm up games will take all your anxiety out and boost your confidence for the real games.
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I feel really confident sometimes and think I’m going to put new knowledge to play… Then when I hit play, the heart rate skyrockets… Win or lose it takes energy and confidence out of me, so it takes a bit longer to hit play again…
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