Stop Thinking – Indecision & Improvement
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The Inner Game of Tennis (PDF): https://mentoringgroup.com/books/the-inner-game-of-tennis.pdf
The Inner Game of Tennis (Audible): https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Inner-Game-of-Tennis-Audiobook/B002VA8G9E
Transcript: Speed of improvement is dictated by several characteristics, and most of them are rooted in thought patterns. We carry these patterns with us in everything that we do, especially in Fortnite. We're taught as we grow up to treat outcomes as either good or bad. Whether it's being a good or bad student, being a good or bad listener, or being a good or bad Fortnite player, we all unknowingly judge the outcomes of ourselves and others. This form of classification can lead to spiraling negativity and self-confidence issues, which often times manifests itself in the form of indecision.
I've worked with several players who are crippled with indecision. Although they're mechanically capable and have displayed moments of skill while in brief periods of relaxed concentration – their default is to constantly fear making bad choices about what to practice and what to do in matches. This indecision leads to making fewer choices, which leads to having fewer experiences, which results in a stagnation of skill.
Such feedback loops destroy a player's ability to trust themself, and no amount of time invested will break this cycle without a fundamental change in how the player thinks and reacts. By introducing emotion into the equation, the player unknowingly take themself out of the present moment and places themself into past or future thoughts. To be fully present in Fortnite, the player needs to be without emotion entirely.
This is a difficult concept to grasp, but there is a great resource that has proven to be successful in teaching this idea called "The Inner Game of Tennis".
In the comments I'll include a link to a free PDF of the book as well as a link to it's location in the Audible store. I encourage you to take the time to either read or listen to it.
In the meantime we can start forcing ourselves to play with speed. Not with mechanical speed, but by mentally responding. A player begins to pressure your box? RESPOND by either agreeing to the box fight or by disengaging, rather than holding walls forever. A player lands at the building next to you? RESPOND by either pushing him or by patiently gathering more resources.
It's better to do SOMETHING with the info we have than to do NOTHING because we feel like we haven't got enough of it. To learn, we need to DO. We won't find a sufficient substitute for taking the action, and learning from the outcomes. We need to face our fears and PLAY THE GAME.
Once again, I encourage you to check out "The Inner Game of Tennis". The concepts in the book are immensely helpful for players of all skill levels, and will help you to improve faster and more consistently.
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