A Great Learning Lesson From Jenny Brady...
I was interested to watch Jenny Brady's Australian Open semi-final victory press conference to see how she described winning such a tight match...
It was super refreshing to see her describe trying to finish the match so honestly.
The intensity of the nerves...
Her wandering mind which wanted to focus on the outcome...
The doubts...
The difficult physical sensations...
Far to often we live in fantasy land when it comes to our expectations of being able to control difficult emotions and unhelpful thoughts during matches.
This is not reality!
It's much more effective to recognise and normalise the fact that our human mind means that in competition, difficult thoughts and feelings will show up frequently and trying to reduce or avoid them typically won't work, especially when we most want to.
And so it was for Brady when she was trying to make her first Grand Slam final.
The most important lesson- she had all these difficult internal experiences and won...this is one key improvement in her game.
The ability to commit to helpful actions most of the time when she is feeling and thinking 'bad'.
Check out her reflections in the video and if you'd like to join me beginning Monday for our Free 7 Day Off-Court Mental Fitness Challenge where Emotional Fitness development will be a crucial focus you can check out the Information Page here :-)