Comments on: In The Eyes Of An Athlete: Controlling Emotions https://rollerderbyathletics.com/mm-controlling-emotions/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 By: Booty Quake https://rollerderbyathletics.com/mm-controlling-emotions/#comment-169490 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:17:59 +0000 https://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=34852#comment-169490 In reply to Whamazon.

Hey Whamazon! You’re far from the first rookie skater (or even veteran) to struggle with forearms or other penalties that just seem to happen despite our best efforts! Give yourself some grace and some time to adjust to life on the track. It is SO much to learn all at once, and a very frenetic-paced game. Try to follow the tips in this article and the other Mental Muscle articles here on focus and mindset… and maybe pick ONE thing to work on each practice and game. xo – Booty

]]> By: Whamazon https://rollerderbyathletics.com/mm-controlling-emotions/#comment-169488 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 23:18:33 +0000 https://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=34852#comment-169488 I appreciate you posting about training our brain because, during FM I was practicing jamming. The ref in training kept yelling something at me and it wasn’t until he told me to turn around and pushed his forearm into my back. I realized what I had done.

This freaked me out because I felt so disconnected to my body that I had no Idea I was constantly using my forearm on her back.

I am frustrated with my inability still to go into the track either as a blocker or jammer and try to just survive or push through without being able to connect with what we have learned and bring it to the bout. I just passed assessments and am excited to get to use my derby name and number, but concerned that I will not be able to get my head in the game as well. I really want to bout strategically, but I seem to only struggle to stay upright and get points or stop the points.

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