more nightmares before Nationals
Jul. 7th, 2009 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonKept hitting "snooze" this morning because I was trying to find the weapons check desk (i.e., where I get my equipment "okayed" for competition) in my dream. The venue was huge, I was exhausted and lost and had family that needed to be entertained/herded in tow.
See, it's the logistics chewing on my subconscious mind, not the actual fencing.
Tonight was my last lesson before Sunday. V. said quite rightly that now is not the time to be learning anything new, but to prepare psychologically. He stepped me through a simple warmup and cautioned me not to overdo it - 15 minutes, 30 tops, conserve the rest of the energy for fencing.
Also spend the first ~10 seconds or so of each bout seeing what my opponent will do, not go in all guns blazing or freezing at the end of the strip.
What I could do has been done. The rest is gravy.
Mantra: I will have fun, I will see what they're doing, I'll make them work [repeat]
Loading up phone with music. Included: Photek, Eon, "The Battle of Yavin".
See, it's the logistics chewing on my subconscious mind, not the actual fencing.
Tonight was my last lesson before Sunday. V. said quite rightly that now is not the time to be learning anything new, but to prepare psychologically. He stepped me through a simple warmup and cautioned me not to overdo it - 15 minutes, 30 tops, conserve the rest of the energy for fencing.
Also spend the first ~10 seconds or so of each bout seeing what my opponent will do, not go in all guns blazing or freezing at the end of the strip.
What I could do has been done. The rest is gravy.
Mantra: I will have fun, I will see what they're doing, I'll make them work [repeat]
Loading up phone with music. Included: Photek, Eon, "The Battle of Yavin".
Reassurance
Date: 2009-07-09 02:20 am (UTC)