Creating success through emotion

I am at the FIVB Beach Volleyball championships in Adelaide working with a team and it was wonderful to watch them utilise their new skills to produce a winning result. I am so proud that they decided to switch on to a new level when they were down 9-12 to lift their game and the results showed. From then on they constantly chose how they wanted to be emotionally and stayed in control of the game. They won and they qualified - the main competition starts tomorrow.
Many athletes wait for results to show before they get fired up. In contrast I watched another team play - fellow Aussies so I wanted them to do well. It was as if they were waiting for something to happen before they could play well. They definately didn't show up to win. The commentator urged on the crowd to get behind them, to fire them up. But you can't wait for someone or something else to do it for you. Only you can fire yourself up, and you can do it now. You can do it before you step on to your court, your track, your field - whatever sport you participate. You CHOOSE how you want to be from beginning to end. The Aussies lost. That thing they were waiting for to fire them up never happened. Don't let that happen to you. Make sure that you yourself be responsible for showing up to win.
You can find out more about mastering your emotional state in the latest copy of Spike Magazine or go to www.annetteffect.com.au to find out how you can achieve sporting success.