Competition

11 December 2009 By yogi wonders 0 In The A* Mindset

I never fancied bowling and usually prefer something more “action” packed. My score from my first game at bowling long long ago was 19. Yeah, you can imagine how many times my ball mercilessly rolled into the gutter. I never saw the value behind the game.

Recently, I began to join my team for bowling games. To my surprise, this game demanded a lot more from me than just aiming and throwing the ball. It takes absolute focus and visualisation to get the “feel” right. Also, it’s not about getting a strike, it’s about getting strikes consistently.

I challenged SY in one of the sessions. Feeling all hyped up after the first game of “callibration”, we proceeded to outdo each other in the second game. The competition built up a tension in me and I was unable to perform to my ususal standard. Somehow, there was a blockage or lost of concentration as I focused too much on the movement of the score. Well, not surprising that I lost the game.

We continued our competition into the 3rd game. This time round, I shifted my mindset. Instead of focusing on the difference in score between SY’s and mine, I aimed at getting a score above 100 and focused on my flow in each set. “Every set counts”. Amazingly, the shift in my approach helped me concentrate better and I was enjoying every set. It was no longer a win-lose situation, in fact, I was challenging both SY and myself to hit 100, a score we had never done before!

My final score in the 3rd game? A cool 111!!! Yeah, and I won the 3rd game:)

Bottomline for me: It didn’t help me do my best when I was focusing on the competition between SY and me in the second game. Instead, focusing on my personal stretched goal to hit a score of 100 in the 3rd game put me in a better state to play my best.

I am officially putting bowling into my love-it list!

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