Black Crown Padel et Eli Amatriain are back to give us the keys to progress mentally, with three tips for limit breakage on a “bad day”.

Psychology student, Eli Amatriain had already explained to us the sandwich technique in psychology, to improve communication within a pair. Today we are discussing the management of bad days.

First of all, you have to realize that you are having a bad day, and above all accept it, in order to use one or more of the following three tips.

Focus on our strengths

The strengths of a player are the aspects on which he can rely. On a bad day a lot of mistakes are made, that's why you have to focus on what we master best to gain consistency.

According to Eli, "for a defensive player, you have to accept not to take risks in attack and to focus on a solid defense ” which will thus gradually gain confidence.

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Have a positive attitude

It is fundamental to have positive thoughts to counter the different circumstances that make your day difficult.

Rather than thinking that the day is really bad, that no ball goes into the court, we must instead look for things to do to reverse the trend.

“For example, you have to play with margin, activate yourself with your body, move towards the ball…” Eli Amatriain advises us.

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To be present “here and now”

It depends Eli the most important point to ignore the conditions and focus on your game.

“No matter how I felt before, no matter how many strikes I might have missed, I'm going to do my best on the point I'm going to play now. Little by little, we will be able to get out of this situation. ”

Succeed in forgetting everything around to be completely in the present moment, in the moment. This is the challenge and the greatest champions of padel, and sport more generally, most often have in common this capacity for extreme concentration.

 

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From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !

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