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Mind games, visualisation & being in the 'zone'. 15-Dec-2004 At 10:17:58 PM AlanD

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On 10/12/2004 M8iswhereitsat wrote:
>~"Absence of thought as the doctrine means not to be carried away by thought
>in the process of thought, not to be defiled by external objects, to be
>in thought but to be devoid of thought."~
>-The Tao of Jeet Kun Do, Lee.
>
There was a series of books written along a similar line called the "The Inner Game of" by Timothy Gallwey. The ones I read were about Tennis and Golf, but in reality they had little to do with a specific sport, but lots to do about a training your mind. Separating the highs and lows in your achievements into a more analytical process about why some worked or didn't work (self coach), whilst working to overtrain the body to do a move or series of movements until they become the automatic instinctive move or movement. The result is that you do an activity without thought. Although I haven't delibrately tried this process for climbing, I suspect it's would work extremely well, as it does for sailing.