WHY YOU'RE WASTING YOUR WARM-UPS - And How to Fix Them
THE 3AM METHOD | MENTALITY & PERFORMANCE Why You're Wasting Your Warm-Ups — And How to Fix Them Most warm-ups prepare the body. Almost none prepare the mind. And there's an easy solution—Coaches and Players must understand the warm-up's real purpose. The Warm-Up Everyone Wastes Coming from a cold-weather country where my warm-ups were used to create blood flow before competition or practice sessions, and ending up teaching tennis in a tropical country where warm-ups were to hone strokes (the body was already 'warm '), taught me the two sides to warming up. But the warm-up has another function, an even bigger and more profound purpose. Almost no one is warming up the mind. The warm-up is not just preparation for the physical and technical demands of a match. It is the first chance — often the only structured chance — to shape the mental state a player will carry onto the court. A warm up handled carelessly does nothing for the mind at all. Handled ...