Work Your Brain And Your Body Will Follow
Most top athletes are extremely physically fit and conditioned but avoid recognizing that it's their brain that controls their bodies as that's where the winning edge lies
Every sport is challenging because it involves competition.
That means that mentally you have to overcome the challenge of another competitor or team.
And that’s not easy.
Because everyone has the opportunity to beat you on any given day.
Sure they may not be as talented as you or your team but when there is a chance to compete there is a chance to be defeated as well.
Our brains allow us to feel this challenge in both a physical and a mental way.
Like a car when you pop the hood there is a multitude of different parts of the engine.
From the battery to the cylinder head, the crankshaft, the camshaft, the valves, and the oil pan, the car engine has many different parts. And it takes a skilled mechanic to understand which one is not working when the car breaks down.
Your brain is similar.
Because there are many different parts of the brain.
There’s the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum, the hypothalamus, the thalamus, the pituitary gland, the pineal gland, the amygdale, the hippocampas, and the mid-brain.
And there are many other parts of the brain as well.
And each part does a different thing. And like a car engine when something goes wrong you need someone to take care of it.
Although the brain is not a car engine, the different parts do work together in a similar way that the car engine does to allow you to work in flow.
Each part of the brain works in harmony with other parts to create the most efficient running of the brain.
From there the brain controls the body and that’s how the body can maximize its actions.
So when we think about sport we think about how we can use our brains to speedily use our gross and fine motor skills to the best of our ability to be better than the opposition we are playing. And as it’s impossible to separate the brain’s actions from the body’s movements you need to take care of your brain to get the most from the sport you are playing.
And when most people play sport they feel pressure on them to win.
But your body doesn’t feel pressure instead it’s the brain that perceives it.
So no particular sport is more physically challenging than another once you prepare your body well for that sport. Of course though when you introduce competition into the equation your body may do unusual things during your sport because it is responding to the pressure it feels itself being under.
The meddulla oblongata is the part of the brain that affects sporting pressure.
Because it controls your breathing, your blood pressure and your heart rhythms and that’s why it’s important to understand how it can control our perceived pressures when playing against others.
And when you feel a competitor bearing down on you in a sporting competition often your breathing and heart rate fluctuates. That’s when your body sweats, your digestive system may become compromised, and you may shake in response according to the exterior happenings of the game or contest.
But it’s how we react to the competition and the pressure that it presents to us.
And you can improve the way you control how you react to things in sport and in life.
That’s where brain training comes in.
Because if you train your brain you`ll be able to analyze your perceptions of what is happening in a split second so that you can decipher from what is manageable pressure and what simply is an unbelievable piece of skill or team play from the opposition.
Yet too many athletes avoid doing this. Instead, they only train their bodies, and then when pressure occurs during a competitive game they are unable to manage their brain’s perception of what is happening. And that’s why most times underage sport are won by the player or team that has the most physical ability.
Yet when the same athlete or team grows up and competes at the adult level they can’t dominate as much as when they were younger.
That’s because other adults’ brains mature and their frontal cortex parts of their brain become more able to take in instructions from management on how to play the game or plan for a situation that is coming about. Because that’s what that particular part of the brain allows you to do.
And even when you come to a more mature adult age you are still able to develop areas of your brain that will allow you to deal with pressure in a sporting situation. Yet still, even athletes that fail to win will avoid trying to improve this area of their preparation for a sporting occasion.
So then you wonder are they truly competitive and wanting to win?
Because real winners leave no stone unturned and train all parts of their being to give themselves the best chance of winning.
And those who simply want to compete will find themselves in more pressurized situations more often and as a result, will lose more because that’s what their brain is telling them their current reality is.
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