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FindingReign41
11-06-2008, 12:23 AM
I know the old traditional drink a ton of water during the day and the day before but does anyone have anything creative that has worked?

I'm looking for maximizing both physical and mental performance.

Personally I loved tournaments that went all day because I knew that I could outlast the rest of the competition- especially mentally. When everyone was slowing down physically and mentally I was coming into my own. I always drank a lot of water but the most important thing that I think helped my performance was how long I played on my own and how I can focus longer than most. I would spend literally 10 hours a day with my stick in my hands and eventually it got to the point where I wouldn't feel any different throughout the day. The worst performances that I had in a set up like this were the ones where we were blowing teams out. It became very hard to focus and usually I would almost need one terrible game to regain my motivation to finish hard.

So, please, do tell your strategies and experiences getting through a tournament day set up like this...

fhslaxplayer
11-06-2008, 04:04 AM
ive heard not only get a good nights sleep the night before the game but a good nights sleep before that night

Merc169
11-06-2008, 11:55 AM
Go get some endurox or some type of post workout drink and have one after every game. That'll help with recovery immensely between games.

fatpiggy
11-09-2008, 12:29 AM
Ok so when you have more then one game you just have to keep telling yourself you have to work harder and you have more games you just keep saying crap i got another game i know this sounds weird i seriously think its weird my self but i did this for 3 months of soccer because i always had two soccer games and i had the same problem as you. It always works never ever fails me and i actually am weird and don't like to drink water!?!?

Chewie
11-10-2008, 10:13 PM
The thing I feel is best to keep up at 110% performance is music. Music always keeps me pumped when I'm listening to the right stuff.

GuitarnLax36
11-11-2008, 03:39 PM
well i have a tourney next weekend and i played it last year like this and well i just drank a lot of water and got a good nights sleep.

FindingReign41
11-11-2008, 10:18 PM
The thing I feel is best to keep up at 110% performance is music. Music always keeps me pumped when I'm listening to the right stuff.

I left this out of my original post. You're right about the music. I make sure the iPod is juiced up and ready to go. If the tournament is far away then we usually take our motor home and I go lay down and just groove for about 30 minutes between games and then I get up and start moving around for the second half an hour in between games.