The music starts. All eyes are watching. Suddenly, he can't remember the choreography. But, they practiced religiously for months. Donny and Dinah experienced a lapse of concentration.
Mental training teaches how to focus on the task at hand.
The skills used in mental training can be applied to learning better, making practice sessions more effective, or preparing for a performance. Mental-training skills can be used in any situation where one must perform under pressure. Emotional control means that the individual has achieved the right combination of mental activity and physical arousal consistent with his or her ideal performance state. In pressure situations, our blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, blood flow to the muscles and metabolic rate all increase. This does not enhance learning, practicing or performing.