Roger Federer Conserving Focus
Roger Federer is one of the few athletes I’m routinely amazed by. I’ve been watching him throughout the US Open and have been wondering about his training regimen. I found this article about him conserving his focus for select moments during a match. I’ve lifted some blurbs that are great demonstrations for how he mentally plays the game.
he chooses to focus selectively, and focuses intensely once he does.
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Clearly, Federer was not too stressed about losing the first set, which demonstrates that he has gotten to a special mental state: acceptance of what has happened combined with confidence about what will happen.
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It’s not about the other guy, it’s about what you know you will summon from yourself at times of need. I suppose winning as much as those two guys have builds something more than confidence, something like faith.
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he uses his mind to make sure he’s ready to concentrate at those crucial moments he is so good at identifying, and once there, doing what comes to him. That’s what I think he meant when he said, after Isner, “it’s all in the mind and it’s all in the moment.”
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