Using Distractions as Opportunities

Sometimes you are tested during a match.  Sometimes you are getting bad rolls, dealing with a lot of distractions, frustrated, etc.

I have a suggestion!

Use those tough situations to your advantage.  Don't just get upset about them, and then lose your match and be pissed you lost because of things out of your control.  Or, are they really out of your control??

How about instead, you fight?  How about instead of getting upset, you use it as an OPPORTUNITY to test your mental toughness?!

Wouldn't it be a glorious day to use all things that seem against you in a match as an opportunity to try and overcome what is happening?

A friend of mine recently found himself down in a set and battling against a lot of bad rolls.  THEN, a crowd formed to watch them (he had been playing several sets with the same guy).  So, he was battling the bad rolls and fading the crowd, too.

He was able to overcome BOTH!  He had played for hours and hours and in the end he broke even.  It was a GREAT test for him and a GREAT opportunity to "practice" not letting the crowd get to him and to "practice" overcoming the bad rolls and instead just focus on playing the best he could.  He overcame the negative that can come to our mind with a lot of bad rolls.  And as time went on, he realized eventually he was able to somewhat ignore the crowd, instead of bother him like in the past.

Use the negativeness of matches to your ADVANTAGE.  Don't just take the bad beats, use them as opportunities to try and overcome the negative emotions and tame your thoughts and feelings.

Don't waste these opportunities.  Please!