nerves

[jeffpea]

Originally Posted by stir22

any of you veterans still/ever get nervous before your games? i'm in my third year,and have done about 150 games from jv down, but i'm still getting nervous before games. i'm kinda jumpy by nature so that doesn't help, but i thought my nerves would be better by now. thanks.

count to yourself "1,2,3,4,5" while you're breathing in.
count to yourself "1,2,3,4,5" while holding your breath.
count to yourself "1,2,3,4,5" while exhaling.

this will calm you down and allow you to see and think more clearly during the action.