As of Friday, my anxiety levels have increased making me feel somewhat stressed and nervous. I entered the Olympic qualifications tournament now held on this coming Saturday night, before the Gold Coast open. Its a big competition in the sense that I expect the level of athletes there to be really good and I have doubts about my ability match some of them. A lack of self confidence probably because I haven't had the opportunity to spar as often as I would have liked in the past month.
In any case the main reason I entered was for the experience, using electronic body protectors as well as having more time on the court. Winning, as much as I would love to, is a secondary goal. This weekend will be invaluable in the sense that it presents a great opportunity to practice on delivering kicks which will hopefully score on the electronic body protector. Something I have struggled with in the open (non para) competitions.
This weekend has flown by. It never seems to feel long enough despite all the things I've done. Yesterday we had High Performance Training at Team Carlo (Air Port West) and later that night I caught up with mum and the family for dinner on the most important day of the year.
Today was pretty unexciting, a quick gym session, half an hour of bag work followed by a long stretch to loosen up. To top that off was the treat for the day, a long sauna at the pool. I couldn't be more relaxed right now, the rest of the evening will be chilling on the couch.
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