What Causes My Slump and How Do I Get Out Of It? - Advice for Athletes During the Coronavirus Crisis

Occasional poor performances are a normal part of an athlete's experience. Stringing several bad outings together makes athletes feel like there's something wrong, like they're in a "slump." However, a bad performance or two, or more, doesn't cause a slump. What causes slumps comes down to what the athlete tells themselves about the bad performances and what they focus on both before and during their next outing.
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[@sitkanjar]

Thank you for these short videos. There is immense actionable advice contained in them.

[@TheCompetitivedge]

Glad you're finding them helpful!

[@cripstar11]

Cheers, some good advice there. very helpful 🙏

[@richardclingempeel6111]

Mine was trying to hard, and it stopped being fun. When I finally said I don't care , I'm just going to have fun, my game went to another level.

[@prateekchanda6503]

Thank you Dr.Goldberg. Although I am not from the sports field, but am in academia, where there is a lot of competitiveness in test scores. As a victim of choking under pressure ,this advice is truly life changing

[@keithhernandez4336]

Thanks for this...

[@TheCompetitivedge]

Welcome Keith!

[@reapaninja1234]

Thank you Dr. G. I am a 15 year old basketball player and im having a hard time controling my concentration and your videos are helping me a lot.

[@TheCompetitivedge]

Glad to hear that! Remember, concentration is a skill and with practice, you can get really good at learning to control it!

[@PaulVoorberg]

3:50 - How a slump gets started and reinforced. Perceived solution: focus on swift positioning and the ball, stop thinking.

[@omjup7972]

Thanks, Doc. Bowling for the past 15 years and just really hitting the wall over the last few weeks. Got to get out of time traveler mindset.

[@TheCompetitivedge]

Learning to control your focus and stay in the NOW is absolutely key to peak performance!

[@egibs3565]

You and me BOTH, let's get out of this thing!!!!!

[@omjup7972]

I put in some serious practice last week, about 30 or so games. This video definitely helped. Stripped my game all the way down to the basics and just reapplied all the things I’ve learned over the years. Shot 222, 277, 237 set yesterday afternoon. Don’t beat yourself up too bad (or punch a wall and end up with a swollen index finger knuckle on your bowling hand). Turns out my feet were too fast, go figure. Good luck!

[@egibs3565]

@@omjup7972 that's the plan this week bro. I didn't shoot well at all this past weekend, but my teams swept in wins GO FIGURE lol.
I'm going to break everything down to the basics starting today, something is definitely off I can feel it.
Gonna start with my stance, then push away, crossover, back swing, power step, down swing, hand position, follow through, and then balance at the line.
It's been a month of struggling, I remember the day because the bowling center cut the AC off the night before and living in Texas where it's humid we felt it. It was like trying to bowl on a basketball court. It was like that two weeks in a row and I think I developed some BAD habits trying to adjust to it.
I HAVE to get it corrected by this weekend since I'm bowling a Regional

[@omjup7972]

That’s crazy, same thing happened to me regarding the a/c situation. I bought the Black Widow 2.0 and joined a league in a new house, between the a/c being inconsistent in the new house, and adjusting to the new ball, I got myself all out of whack. Switched back to my previous ball and that has helped with familiarity. Good luck this weekend, keep us posted. Like Doc says, stay in the now!