Question 1547: Should I avoid watching videos?

(from "Question 1546: After tinkering with my form, I lost my timing and it has become a service where I just put the ball in")

▶ The reason why anxiety and worry never end

I think you should not watch them for now.

Because if you watch them, you will only focus on that.
It is not exactly a "
blue elephant", but the more you try to think about not worrying, the more the "Law of Reversed Effort" makes it so that you end up worrying about it (related article "The 'Law of Reversed Effort' is brain science").

That is how human anxiety and worry work.

You think about it because you think about not wanting to think about it.

That tendency is reinforced by you watching your own videos.

▶ Criticizing Djokovic's form?

Novak Djokovic also has a narrow elbow angle during his trophy pose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuDJ7crbkBo

When Japanese coaches point that out and say things like, "Djokovic's serve would be even better if he improved this part," I personally wonder, "Who do you think you are?" to a world champion.

Djokovic is not worried about that at all.

That is because he is able to self-affirm his own form, thinking, 'This is fine.'.

Because you are worried (thinking) about that, your timing is off.

It is because you become skeptical at a level you are not even aware of, keep thinking about it, andend up with a hesitant swing.

Isn't that especially likely to happen in matches?

▶ You have the ability

It is understandable that this does not happen when you practice alone.

This person also suffers, thinking, "How easy it would be if there were no eyes around."

Therefore, your concentration, which allows you to not care about others' eyes, is being tested.

If you concentrate on the ball, you don't have to be conscious of others' eyes or the angle of your elbow.

We are built to be able to demonstrate our true ability when we are not distracted by others' eyes or our form.

You have the ability.

It just doesn't manifest when you cannot concentrate on what you should be concentrating on.

▶ Where is happiness?

Everyone says, "It's not there, it's not there," and searches for something they should acquire outside, butit is hidden within (related article "The 'treasure' buried within yourself").

Because you can do it when you practice alone.

It is exactly the "psychology of searching too much for the blue bird" that I introduced here. Happiness is not somewhere far away someday, but

realizing it was here and now.
Isn't that
the message Maurice Maeterlinck wanted to convey?Affirm the current situation.

Things go better if you do that.


I think that is what "
self-affirmation" is.

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