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When we are playing sports, sometimes things don’t happen as planned. We all know the feeling. You're playing your heart out, you get an opportunity to score and it doesn't go in. Or maybe you miss a shot or goal that would have won the game for your team. It's natural to feel sad or angry when this happens- but what does it actually do for us? We might miss a shot, a goal, a home run, or a touchdown that is unavoidable. - that doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. But how do we handle it? How can we move on without dwelling on our mistakes?
As an athlete, you might have heard the phrase “suffer a little bit for a long time, or suffer a lot all at once.” This is what you do when you miss a shot in sports. Rather than dwelling on it and letting your brain replay that missed opportunity over and over again, let go of it- move on from that moment to focus on something else. The point of letting go isn’t to stop trying and give up; rather, it means not harping on our mistakes so much that they paralyze us from moving forward with the game plan at hand. Doing this will help keep our mindset positive about ourselves rather than negative because of one mistake.
Missing an opportunity does not imply giving up; rather it means making another one happen. So, if you're tempted to give up after missing an opportunity, don't! Get back to work so you can make something else happen. It can be hard not to get frustrated with ourselves when we make mistakes, but if we know how our brains work, we can use these insights to regulate our emotions better while playing sports so they don't affect us as much going forward.