okdee

This what I do, also. But I do not use the benadryl. I have found, even if I do not sleep at least 7-8 hours, I am at least laying down and resting the body. The mind, you have to learn how to quiet it, for yourself.

All these help to have the potential for better focus. The term "better" being somewhat vague. LOL....Days, weeks, months, years of doing them all in the correct order to help you to achieve a high level of energy in order to have proper focus. Course, that is just a the physical level portion. The building of your mental focus on each shot taken is about your trust you build in yourself, your equipment and knowing each and every shot required on that run, will be impacted by your diet. You can probably say "Champions hydrate to be Champions." "Champions eat proper to be Champions" " Champions exercise to be Champions" " Champions focus on being Champions". What are you doing to work toward being a Champion?

I used to get the shakes. A couple of items that I dealt with. Too much coffee or caffeine pre-match, and living in the future/anticipation of a stage run. I found that for me, any coffee prior to shooting caused shakes and sweating. So I stopped drinking coffee and replaced it with a diluted tea and lots of water. No more shakes. I also found that once I knew the stage run well, I was anticipating some areas of the stage run, which caused stress in me, due to the expectation of a hard part of the stage run. Now I, get my run down and believe in myself and strive to be present minded during the stage run. I do not judge myself or anticipate with my conscious mind. I let my sub-conscious take over.