The freediver's psychological training
The document discusses the importance of psychological training for freedivers, including techniques such as deconcentration of attention to enhance performance and adaptability in the underwater environment.
loicleferme.frIn reality, to achieve such an ordered mental condition is not as easy as it sounds. Contrary to what we tend to assume, the normal state of the mind is chaos. Without training, and without an object in the external world that demands attention, people are unable to focus their thoughts for more than a few minutes at a time. It is relatively easy t
... See moreIf you’re trying to design for, or induce, a flow state (for example, you are a game designer): • Give people control over their actions during the activity. • Break up the difficulty into stages. People need to feel that the current goal is challenging, yet achievable. • Give constant feedback. • Minimize distractions.
La concentration sur la tâche est au maximum. Le but recherché est clair et bien défini. L’action possède des conséquences perceptibles immédiatement. L’engagement de la personne dans la tâche est complet. La personne ressent un sentiment de maîtrise et de contrôle de ses actions. Elle se perçoit temporairement comme invulnérable : c’est le fonctio
... See moreYou may recall that each of the survival patterns shapes the person’s attention in certain specific ways. With the leaving pattern, attention tends to go away from the here and now physical situation to other dimensions. With the merging pattern, attention tends to leave the self and fixate on everyone else and what they want. With the enduring pat
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