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Performance Anxiety

posted 17 Jan 2009 by sharon
category: Performance | Share/Save

Here are some notes on combating performance anxiety.

Ways to combat performance anxiety:

  1. Visualize your performance
  2. Put the moment into perspective
  3. Try playing cold turkey
  4. Wear yourself out first (running up a flight of stairs before playing does this perfectly)
  5. Tape yourself
  6. Have others listen
  7. Deep breaths
  8. Affirmation
  9. Stay hydrated
  • Practice technique and success are directly correlated to your nerves.
  • Pick your goals, and make them attainable.
  • Measure your success yourself.
  • I definitely agree Samantha :) By the way, any chance I could get copies of any notes or handouts you may have received during that master class?
  • Samantha Holman
    There's a class this semester that’’s dedicated to helping out with performance anxiety. It’‘s a mastery class taught by Harry Pickens I think. Oh dear, I don’’t remember for sure. But it’‘s focus is just what this post is - ways to gain confidence when performing - or individual confidence in itself. The first class was pretty good I think; it’‘s certainly going to be an interesting year.

    But definitely, these tips cannot be over-taught because no matter how good we are, we all deal with a type of performance anxiety.
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