{"id":17378,"date":"2016-07-30T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17378"},"modified":"2020-05-26T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:11:33","slug":"2016-07-31-competition-headspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2016-07-31-competition-headspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Headspace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/43b099ff-11e3-4310-98cd-cd01df5b1d3d.jpeg\" alt=\"Golden Knights pow-wow\" width=\"860\"\/><figcaption>Golden Knights team talk<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competition Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The time has come to be tested, to step into the ring. The green light comes on. You click your visor down, slide open the aircraft door and take in a deep breath\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point you should have already clearly discerned who your enemy is.&nbsp;It&#8217;s not the team you&#8217;re tied with going into round 10; and the battlefield is not the time and space between the aircraft and the ground, it&#8217;s the space between your ears. Your thoughts will influence your attitude and emotions, and your emotions will lead you to act. Will those actions lead to success during the jump you&#8217;re about to make?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thoughts of negativity and self-doubt have the tendency to rear their ugly heads from time to time during competition. 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