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Practicing mindfulness

Monday. 13th June

Emotions: Tired, relaxed. satisfied.
Today I am focusing on relaxing and recovering while I have the chance here at home up north. Weather is beautiful, should be a good next few days. Learning that the trick to keeping the day from slipping away is simply practicing mindfulness. Just being focused on the present moment, and what lies immediately in front, tasks, environment, etc. This can be done without trying to be over-productive and still giving the body and mind a restful day.

Effort

The key word used so often to separate the good from the best in all sports. Ultimate is no different, so no surprise that the best got to where they are by putting in that extra sprint in practice, layout bid, throwing session, sideline voice. All of it adds up. Extra effort in all areas to better oneself can be done in a more planned way, like choosing a personal goal/ focus in training to work on.

  • Using time available to refine the more crucial skills would be a great habit to get into, rather than trying to do everything with no way of measuring improvement. 
  • Defense analogy: A defender never tries to take away every cutting option.
    For example: guarding a handler, I would force them to dump cut toward breakside, shadowing open, and upfield away from disk, putting myself between the thrower and cutter. 

Giving up one skill in order to train another. For me currently, it is faking and downfield option taking. Snap fakes and quick pivots for breaks. Physically giving body a break in other areas, skying, cutting, aerobic fitness.

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