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Reality Check

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How Do You Stop From Choking?
« on: December 12, 2004, 09:17:52 AM »
Okay. How do you stop yourself from throwing it all away when you are on a good run of strikes coming into the 10th frame, or in the final of a big event? How do you stop yourself from throwing that bad shot or fluffing the ball.
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Re: How Do You Stop From Choking?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2004, 05:43:29 AM »
I agree with both the replies.
Stick to your normal routine and just get into the feeling that this is just any other shot that you have made thousands of times.
Let go of your thoughts and let yourself make the shot without going through any extra mental negatives.
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Re: How Do You Stop From Choking?
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2004, 09:30:46 PM »
Take a deep breath, and clutch up just once, and then you should have more confidence in the next time it comes to a pressured shot.
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Re: How Do You Stop From Choking?
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2004, 10:33:24 PM »
Taking it one frame at a time, I remember what the first strike in the series was like. As many have said, deep breathing can help as well as positive affirmation before you get up to bowl. You can't think about what you don't want to do- you have to think about relaxing and reaching for what you want to see occur- as good of a shot as possible.

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