Impulsestorm :: :: The art of gameday

I have always felt that I am a gameday kind of guy. This applies to athletics and academics. I have always felt that I can perform well on a test or in a game no matter how little I studyed or practiced. I have come to find that the whole key is confidence and being able to relax.

All my life I have done much less homework than all of my peers and siblings, and yet I have got similar grades or better. I would see people go home and study or do homework all day after school, from the minute they got home, till night time. I would most often start my homework at 9:00 and finish at 10:00 dispite being in the same classes as these other people. So what is it that I do differently? I am a complete slacker cause I know how to get full credit on homework with very little work, and I never study significantly for tests. Saying that, I generally end up with B's in most of my classes. My theory is, if you start studying for a test, what it makes you do is realize how much of the stuff you really don't know. This lowers your conifidence in the subject area and makes you feel the need to study excessively. However, I have found that confidence in the subject area is more important than knowledge. If you are confident in your ability to perform on a test and relax, your mind will logically work out each question better. If you go into the test with the thought that you probably didn't study enough for the test, you probably will not succeed. My advice is to just keep telling yourself in your head "I'm a gameday kind of guy" and you will find the test to be quite a bit easier.

Also, when you run into a question you don't know, don't lose your confidence and say to yourself "man, I should have studyed more." Rather, just remember that it is only one question and it can't greatly affect your grade, and take it off of your mind. Some people have the tendency to get down on themselves after running into a difficult question, and start feeling like they can't answer any of them. I don't do that.

The same rules generally apply for sports. If you are confident in your ability to play, you will most likely play a lot better. If you get burned once, don't get down on yourself. The art of being a gameday performer is all in your head. Stay confident all the time, and everything will work out okay.

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