Stress, Anxiety and Energy
Too much stress and anxiety can seriously affect your ability to focus on your skills and flow in a performance.
It is important that you realize the you are responsible for your own stress levels. Very often they are a product of the way you think.
Stress
A certain level of stress is needed for optimum performance. If you are under too little stress, then you will find it difficult to motivate yourself to give a good performance. Too little stress expresses itself in feelings of boredom and not being stretched.
An optimum level of stress will give you the benefits of alertness and activation. Excessive levels of stress can damage performance and damage your enjoyment of your sport.
These excessive levels occur in the following circumstances: