Get in the "Zone" Part I

Former sprinter Mark Richardson talked about being in the zone in the winter of 1996: 

‘It’s a very strange feeling. It’s as if time slows down and you see everything so clearly. You just know that everything about your technique is spot on. It just feels so effortless; it’s almost as if you’re floating across the track. Every muscle, every fibre, every sinew is working in complete harmony and the end product is that you run fantastically well.’ - Extract from ‘Mind Games,’ Grout and Perrin, 2006. 

Most athletes at some point in their career will talk about the phenomenon of ‘being in the zone’. Unfortunately getting in the zone and staying there is not as easy as most athletes would have hoped. 

Over the next few days, we'll talk about what "getting in the zone is", how it feels and how we can best prepare our athletes to work effortlessly, think minimally and perform optimally!