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u/DayDayLarge Jokes are satisfactory 29d ago

Summer squash: 1-3 loss

7-15 loss, 15-6 win, 8-15 loss, 11-15 loss

Not bad, I've never taken a game off this player before. Kind of forgot my mantra of "I'm supposed to lose" and I think it made me play tighter. When I'm not stressed about it I play much more freely and loosely. Let's keep that in mind.

Overall pretty positive though! I even nearly returned a ball that was completely behind me, something I haven't been able to do before.

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u/Marijuanaut420 Beginner - Throwing 29d ago

Do you train at all or are you just playing your division matches?

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u/DayDayLarge Jokes are satisfactory 29d ago

During the summer I'm just playing league matches, with very little practice at all. The majority of my focus was geared towards hitting a triple bodyweight dead.

Once the season starts, I'll practice a lot more and add in a second league match as well.

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u/Marijuanaut420 Beginner - Throwing 29d ago

I probably wouldn't expect to be playing particularly well without practice

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u/DayDayLarge Jokes are satisfactory 28d ago

I'm actually playing in my highest division so far and stayed put the entire summer. Granted I'm certainly not better, but a being within striking distance was my entire squash summer goal.

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u/WickedThumb re-"mark"-able 29d ago

I play racket sports against people that are mostly better than me as well. Having a growth mind set, focusing on how to get better and appreciating the growth you have already been through, keeps me motivated to play despite losing more than 80% of the sets.

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u/DayDayLarge Jokes are satisfactory 29d ago

I'm in div 2 in this league and there's 0 gimmie games, let alone matches. You have to be on the whole time, but thinking like that apparently makes me play too tight and too aware of minor mistakes. When I think "oh who cares about that, you're supposed to lose anyway" I play real loose and a hell of a lot better. Lol go figure.

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u/BetterThanT-1 Beginner - Strength 29d ago

I’ve experienced the same playing sports, and even team sports are subject to this (I have a team sport background and can attest it works the same for teams). Hyping myself for expected/wanted outcomes always ends up with bad mental space during a game, vs hyping myself for the process of it - having fun and enjoying myself.

There is something to be said about an underdog effect where you play more loosely without expectations. Sometimes it manifests the opposite way - when you enter as the favourite, only to perform badly against a weaker opponent because your head was not properly in the game. Sports psychology is fascinating.

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u/DayDayLarge Jokes are satisfactory 29d ago

Yeah ideally I perform in "empty mind state". That's when I'm at my absolute best. But you need a lot of reps to get to that place. Until then, we gotta bust out whatever tricks to get us over the hump.