Alistair Whittingham shares his top tips for combating competition nerves and settling into the game quicker
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Q&A: How to settle into a competition setting
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You Against the World
Alistair Whittingham looks into what the pressure to achieve can do to an archer’s psyche Jaded and undirected, a world-class archer once told me that they ‘would rather go on holiday, using up their annual leave from work, than push to…
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Ask The Experts
Q: How can I best use my practice time to prepare for competition? A: The aim of good practice is to manipulate your training to mirror competition as much as possible. This will allow you to practice the skills used in…
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Q: For many years process goals have been much preferred by psychologists and by some coaches, who see them as a better goal and a more measurable idea than outcome goals. A process goal could well be how one does…
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Checks and balances
Alistair Whittingham looks at balancing positivity and negativity, and how the pressure of competition can sometimes leave an archer in the red
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Posted in Features, Psychology
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