I try to get to the site early, and I remind myself that the rest of the day is now gone, turned off. If I have the 1st game of the afternoon, I go through my pre-game info. If there's a game preceeding mine, I watch it just to get the mood of the surroundings.
My pre-game physical warm-up includes some taichi, which is excellent for the stretching and calming/focusing.
I also like to put a pleasant song in the background, in my mind. Some studies have shown that humans often focus better with background music, during mental exercises.
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To be good at a sport, one must be smart enough to play the game -- and dumb enough to think that it's important . . .
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