The Hidden Pressure of Being a High-Level Athlete
Athletes face immense pressure to excel, often driven by their own expectations. In this video, we share our experiences with the emotional toll of striving for perfection and the struggle to cope with criticism and setbacks in a competitive environment. #AthleteLife #MentalHealth #HighPerformance #SportsPsychology #CompetitiveEdge #TeamDynamics #AthleteJourney #PressureToSucceed #EmotionalWellbeing #PerformanceAnxiety
That I think is some level of of uh of Trauma because as an a like a high level Athlete most of your life you probably Felt I you felt like you know what like Yeah you know what coach expects me to Be good but I my expectations are even Above the coach because most of the kids In my team are hoping just be good high School players and that's the end of it Right but when you go to college Everybody expects you to not just be Really good but to be the best all the Time it's it's something that you can You can never meet like think about when You get your grades back and you you Know coach give you your grad you like What the is this I got this is my grade you know like I you know Like I remember like you know the you Know like I remember when I come back With uh and and I love coach AR but I Remember my grade be like oh you graded Out like an an 87 I'm like what theu I never saw pissed Me off you know what I mean I would be Pissed Dude a shitty grade like a 70 something I would be pissed yeah I would Be pissed you know what I mean like like Wait a minute like explain to me what Like I want to go through but they don't Have time to go we were all in the 70s Yeah you didn't and they didn't have Time to go through every single one of
Your negatives right but you wanted to Know like I always wanted to know like Oh I never wanted to know I wanted to Move on you wanted to move on you're Smarter than me I want was a negative You know well you got a minus yeah minus Got a f a minus yeah yeah yeah no I mean It it was it was I would I would Physically get sick before going to Position meeting because I knew I was Gonna get yelled at I knew yeah and I Knew that ran downhill Because norce Wilson was my line coach Right
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