It's match day… and you are at a crucial stage of the match, probably 20-19… you start to feel a sense of urgency to finish the game since you don’t want to lose. At that time, you start making silly errors and end up giving a point to the opponent.. Sounds familiar ?Most common issue/ challenge for any player is focusing on the match for a sustained period of time during training or during the match.

Many players complain of having multiple thoughts while playing, while they need to actually be in the present. Being in the present is what we call Mindfulness - The ability to just be in the present moment with awareness of self and environment, while not having unnecessary thoughts.

Sometimes, when you perceive a situation to be important or crucial, you end up feeling nervous, restless or stressed. This makes you focus on things which are not necessary at that moment, like, for example, thinking about losing the match, or about how the opponent is playing, instead of the shot you need to be playing. This ends up in making a mistake thereby, losing the match itself.