OBSTACLES Uncertainty Complexity High risk consequences COPING TECHNIQUES

OBSTACLES • Uncertainty • Complexity • High risk consequences

COPING TECHNIQUES • Deep Breathing Ø Simple, but effective, method of relaxation Ø Take a number of deep breaths and relax your body further with each breath • Progressive Muscular Relaxation Ø Ø Tense up a group of muscles so they are tightly contracted Let it go and relax normally Consciously relax even further By tensing up muscles first you will be able to relax them further • Positive Imagery Ø “A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. ” – Gandhi Ø Positive and negative thoughts can become self-fulfilling prophecies Ø Replace actual experience with scenes from your imagination Ø Body reacts to imagined scenes and calms you down Ø Imagine a comfortable and safe place

DECISIVENESS • The Histories written in 450 BC Ø “If an important decision is to be made (the Persians) discuss the question when they are drunk and the following day the master of the house submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober. If they still approve it, it is adopted; if not, it is abandoned. Conversely, any decision made when they are sober is reconsidered afterward when they are drunk. ” • Second guessing has impacted more good decisions than any other factor.

PROCESS • Focus on process, not outcome ØPre-snap routine. Game situation. Think out loud anticipate. ØRuling on the field. ØReviewable aspects. ØCompetitive effect. ØStop or pass.

PROCESS • Stoppage ØElements to review. Be specific and prioritize. ØDetermine best angle/s. ØIndisputable video evidence. Keep it simple. Be decisive. ØAdministration.