Thinking & Overthinking

Does your overthinking get you stumbling forward?

Feeling fatigued it´s easy to start overthinking. The autonomic part of the brain that controls sports movements, like running strides and tennis forehands, runs independent of the cognitive brain. Your brain “trips over itself” the minute you try to think about what you´re doing. The neuromuscular connections that you built during your exercise sessions will perform well if you rely on them. By focusing on how the perfect forehand feels like your chances of keeping that forehand crisp is much higher, than if you keep thinking about all the commands about how to do it.

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Sami Kallio