FLOW state - how to get 'into the zone' in sport
Sports Psychology
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39m
Think of a time when you were so involved in what you were doing that the rest of the world seemed to have disappeared, then we might say you were in a flow state - or in the zone. Your mind wasn’t wandering; you were totally focused and concentrated on that activity, to such an extent that you were not even aware of yourself. In the following videos Dr Mark Nesti, a renowned expert on flow state, will explain what flow is, how we can break it down into 9 different experiences, and discuss ways in which you can experience the flow state more quickly and more often.
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