Mental Conditioning for Chess Players!
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 Published On Jan 5, 2024

Steven Pye is a Mental Conditioning Coach and this is our first in a weekly series of sessions scheduled to last for 3 months. I've put timestamps in for the homework assignments so you can join in if you'd like to.

0:00 - Intro
1:35 - BOLT (Body Oxygen Level Test) score
6:07 - Homework assignment 1 (Daily BOLT test - preferably in the morning)
6:43 - Recommended breathing cadence
8:51 - Homework assignment 2 (Breathing slowly through the nose all day)
10:58 - How to remember to breathe slowly
13:23 - Homework assignment 3 (Catching thoughts)
19:23 - My reaction to blundering
22:10 - Building a blunder routine
28:50 - When to use the routine
39:55 - Racing heart during games
46:29 - Outtakes

Steven's email address: [email protected]
His site is now live and can be reached at https://mentalconditioning.coach

Things mentioned in the session:
Breath by James Nestor (book) [I've read it and I recommend it]
The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown (book) [I've not read it but it's referenced in Breath]

The reason I was nodding when Steven mentioned Patrick McKeown is because I saw his Tedx talk (   • Shut your Mouth and Change your Life ...  ) a while ago and have tried to show a bunch of people it, with no one being quite as enthusiastic as I was :D

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