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pilot --
Here's what I'm trying. Sometimes it works, and then there are those other times...
Next time you watch a TV NBA game, notice that on a freethrow, the visiting shooter has to face a jiggling mass of snakey things. (I have no idea what those things are called.) As you watch, cross your eyes just a little, and focus on the basket. See how the movement in the background actually makes that basket come into sharp solid focus? It's sort of like that trick picture that used to be handed around three or four years ago where you had to stare long enough to see something that wasnt there at first glance. Keep practicing this as you watch NBA games.
Now apply those same mind principles to the fan noise in the gym where you're working. Blur it into a sort of aural wallpaper. Bring your own rhythm into focus. Consciously hold your attention in your hands and then bounce pass it onto the floor. Keep your attention there in the center of the action, where it belongs. It sounds kind of weird, I know, but a few times I've managed to make it work for me.
When you can't make it work, try this. Imagine staring at their pants and puking on their shoes. Laugh at this image. Feel big, smart and dominant. Then feel sorry for them.
These are things that I can pull off sometimes.
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