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How do you get into a flow state as an athlete? It sometimes feels impossible and no matter what you do, you end up failing to 'lock-in'.
But the good news is that flow states are trainable in sports - just like anything else they are a skill that can be developed with enough practice and the right methods.
So this video will detail the history of flow states, explain what they really are, and how to practically start cultivating them in any sport or for any athlete.
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Blue lock explains it in a surprisingly good way😂
Kuroko no basket as well
Which episode?
@@swixyYT its not an episode yet
Ye Kuroko no Basket Aomine entering the zone and Kagami
@@swixyYT not episode yet its from the manga
This is gonna blow up when they show it in Blue Lock
Now I have to look this up
Where can I watch blue lock for free pls 😅
I got a game tomorrow lol
Pele scored 2 goals in the wc final In the flow state Google it
@sam1331 same bro🍷
One time I reached a state of flow during a game of soccer with my team. It was a corner kick and my tm8 passed it to me and I hit a nice volley goal. I remember that I wasn’t think about anything and was just relaxed and it felt like I was watching a video because my body just reacted on its own.
Love to hear it ⚽🧘♂️
the exact same thing happened to me!
Its like, something takes control of your body and everything you do in that state is perfectly timed and measured and you are just ther spectating. Its like you enter some kind of space time. You also dont feel any exhaustione once in the zone, and right after you get out of it you start to feel the weight of your tired muscles.
I also had such an experience playing basketball, where I ran up the court and I knew just knew what was going to happen. I knew if I got the ball I would let it fly and make the three pointer, even though it was from a few steps behind the 3pt line, so very far away, and when I got the ball, my body just didi it and it was almost like an outter body experience
SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME
Recap 1.Challenge and skill level match 2.Being in flow state when practicing/ training 3.Taking away distractions by having pre-flow routine.Music, movement, mindfulness 4.Pre game routine/rituals 5.Mindulness like meditating for 5mins, or 10deep breaths in or 4 by 4 breathing 6.Having goal 7.Pushing yourself a bit further each time 8.Do things because you love and enjoy it.
Ngl the only thing that works is to get a shit tone of coffein before
May God bless you and your family brother thank you❤️🫡🔝💯
The best video no doubt that I have seen relating to maximising sport performance. Unbelievable, I cannot be more thankful to Sam.
Thanks a lot - appreciate it 🙌
I've been in flow state once in my life. I describe it as being unconscious. The experience is like you're not doing anything, as it's more like watching someone else do it because it's so automatic and so easy to do anything perfectly. Colors become more vibrant and task at hand becomes incredibly easy, doing things you would never think you could do easily, without thought.
Fr I was playing football and everytning was happening naturally and I was in and out past players it’s so weird but cool at the same time 😅
I wish you can experience more than once.
My advice from previous experiences and for something that I struggled with for a while is firstly for example say you’re playing football/soccer it can work for anything doesn’t have to specifically be football but just for an example. Start of slow don’t try to do the most outrageous and difficult skill as soon as you get the ball take it slow, start off simple make the sure passes which u are certain are going to be a good and accurate pass, then when u feel like you’re getting into the game more and you’re sweating turn it up a notch and so and so u go on until you feel more and more confident, in control and composed. And most important of all don’t overthink anything just do it make sure to have fun with it, when you’re having fun everything flows naturally. Don’t stress if u make a bad pass or miss a shot mistakes happen we are all human just raise your head and carry on even world class players like Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar etc make mistakes and they miss that don’t mean they are not good at the end of the day we are humans remember that and just go out there and do what u love in a positive way, we got one life to live so live it up. Love in the house
Love this 🙌 great description
Thank you
I'll keep this in mind for my first season match tomorrow, nothing flashy, just fun and efficient
Final tip by far the most important. Ever struggling in a game, training session or workout, just remind yourself what life was like as a kid. There was no such thing as fear of failure, so just enjoy yourself, and let the performance follow suit
There was this time in a volleyball game where we were losing and this match would determine if we had a chance to win💀💀 I reached the state of flow and hit like ten or more serves over good and got us a bunch of points above causing us to win and giving us a chance. It felt amazing and beautiful I’m trying to get it back and practice it so that I could become better
Hope this can help you get back there 💪
ive experienced it once during football training and ive been wanting to get back into it ever since. during that time i was able to dribble past my teammates during a scrimmage as if it was nothing, i was doing subconscious body feints that i didnt have the confidence to do before and accelerating past them without a second thought. it was incredible, thinking about it makes me want to play like that all the time, it just seems so fun.
I remember when i was at school playing football for PE. My team was playing and my friend passed the ball to me over the heads of the defenders. All of a sudden it felt like time was going in slow motion until the ball was in a perfect position for me to volley the ball in mid air scoring a crazy goal.
Playing sports all my life...trying to explain this to most people they look at you like your nuts or your lieing...it happen to me twice in baseball and once in basketball...it's a sense of feeling with knowing.things slow down sound becomes much quieter...I was a 6th man guard that's avg. About 8 pts a game..after the first half I had 2pts 1-3 shooting..the second have half I scored 42..finished with 44..I never missed in the second half and I knew that I wouldnt...im old now but I still remember the feeling of it...I know there's others out there
thanks for sharing your experience - oh it's real for sure! Glad you've had some of those moments
i have been able to do this only like 4 or 5 times in my entire life, it feels great and you feel all powerful, like such amount of confidence to do anything, and the focus is on point, everything is on point, yet i was not able to keep it up because it made me nervous to feel such thing, like it was something so unnatural for me, it happened to me playing soccer and when i played CSGO competitive, wish i could relive it
Keep it up - you’ll experience it again for sure!
BRO WTF IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE I WAS PLAYING SOCCER AND CSGO ONLY AS WELL
I feel like it happened to me in soccer for a few blissful seconds but I couldn't mantain it long enough to make an impact. Also it happened once when I was playing mw2 I took out an entire team on S&D I was the last one alive 😂
Actually it always happens to me, so I usually just dribble the entire team, but then miss the goal entirely....
I played football with my friends once on my birthday. At first, I Was trying my hardest to score a goal. I kept on shooting and missing, shooting and missing, until suddenly, I felt like I was unconscious in a way, but I was playing. I found the ball at my feet at the edge of the box and scored an absolute screamer that went top-bins, only then was when I like "exited the flow state" and I was like "huh? Oh, nice"
as a soccer player of 8+ years i've just now started getting flow state moments so this video is perfect!
Love to hear that 🙌
I have been in flow state three times during my football match I was calm and relaxed and think of the match. It made me score goals.
I only reached the Zone 2 times in my life. And it really took alot of my energy. But still i wanna experience it again
Hope this helps you get there again
I am a striker!
The Flow is a state of mind where one is complete with their given task. Where nothing exist but the thing you are doing.
Self efficacy (belief in one ability) can also effect how often an athlete is able to get into a flow state
The impeccable confidence with preparation combined
Kuroko no basket sums it up pretty perfectly
i wish i saw your videos 3 years ago before i quit due to anxiety ... i still play it for fun tho (football) but playing for a club is something else
Great summary of how to get into the flow. I would argue though that in practice it's a good idea to enter a flow state even when the task is not difficult. Happy flowing to everyone!
the human potential is incredible
Bruh, this is one of the best all encompassing short videos on flow state I've seen, very well done. Tha k you
You're welcome Daniel 👍 glad it was helpful
I get many chances to practice flow because I do sports and also draw. Finding ways to get in that headspace become easier when you do a lot of things you love!
Man this video was nicely done. You explained it clearly
Thanks a lot - appreciate it! Glad you found it helpful
This is also very true for competitive eSports. Even tho I am not a professional I do my best and sometimes I can lose track of time and sounds around me for 10-20 seconds.
Keep at it 💪
Bro 💀
There was one time I entered this flow. It was during a football match. The opposing team just scored and we were down by two goals. We kicked-off and started the attack and I got the ball near the their box and the next thing I properly remember is scoring a goal after dribbling past 2-3 defenders. I could only vaguely remember anything after I received the ball. After that experience, I tried many times to get into that flow again but failed to do so. Hope this makes a change🤞
I was once in a flow state, it feels like im not on control of my own body and everything i do is based off my football instincts. I felt like my inner self took over my body and im just there watching what he does.
real! ❤️
Awesome and Superb Sam! Easily done so that I can Flow the State of Peace brother.
Loving the Bob Ross clip at the start, nice routines Sam, I usually have a warm up routine but haven't gone as far as the headphones & zen state, probably explains a lot though 😂
Thanks Martin - aha different things work for different people!
love this! ❤
Yes. Flow happens on me specially when I'm practicing freestyle football, like ATW or Shin Stall. As I'm practicing, I'd getting such the hang of repeatedly doing the steps of landing the trick that I need to practice even I've been feel my stomach hungry at times, yet I didn't care, just only "focusing on completing the trick properly over and over again, which is surprising in myself. And when I'd properly land those tricks, it feels pleasure to me and feels good that I'd done it great. I'd read the Blue Lock manga series too and it explains the flow well.
Oh my god, I LOVE THIS FEELING, i get it like all the time, you described it so well
Thanks a lot. And glad to hear!!
If you get it all the time. You haven't got it yet
@@1on1.youtube person might be feeling hyper focus not flow state lol
No look its just that i play for this club and we always have this music on and we train for like 3 2 hours and most of the time i get in the flow state
Just came here to comment there is no way to “easily get into a flow state” The whole point of it is you’re not really consciously thinking about anything else except your task. So here are the factors that affect that. -Limit distractions that u can physically see that will break your immersion with the activity (if your gaming turn the lights off, if your playing sports play somewhere empty) - Make sure you’re well fed and healthy. Your body will be the first thing to ruin your chances of getting into a state since the body is what the flow state relies on. You’re body literally tells you what it wants so listen to it - And finally, Make sure you set a goal for yourself or atleast make sure you’re enjoying yourself. It is human nature to be competitive and think of the flow state as being temporarily reset to your native settings. You will have one goal ( To win, to score etc but make sure it’s a goal that can be added onto easily and not be completed 10 minutes in). That’s really it, it’s not rocket science. In the end be healthy, focused and competitive and before you even know it you’ve been in a flow state for hours (literally)
Yo u just helped me like crazy 😂
I think the most important thing that you just said which put a new puzzle piece for me is ensuring that the goal is something that you won't achieve within 10 minutes. For example; sometimes we may how focus on scoring and you could be in flow but only for those seconds you're in motion but what about the next time? Maybe I'm reaching but the made sense in my head
Wow we should show this to isagi
Such a great video, learned a lot new things that explains a lot. Thanks
Thanks for watching 🙌 hope you enjoy some other vids on the channel
Definitely feel this in a cricket batting innings. That state of 'bliss' makes you feel invincible
Love to hear it. Ideal state when you're getting pelted by balls 😅🏏
Gran video, gracias
Very Nice all round video. I am so happy to see that this information is slowly sinking in the general knowledge of the world. Hopefully our children will learn and train this in school as a basic skill, like talking, writing or socializing. All we learn in school is to perform, yet no one teaches us how to induce and hold the state of most optimal performance. (You got a new subscriber btw).
Thanks man, appreciate it. I hope so too!!
Phenomenal content. Long time athlete here in full agreement with all of this ... 1000
Appreciate it 🙌 glad you've found the channel
Bro you have the most underrated channel. I hope you continue doing this. Honestly it feels like I would have a good conversation with you 😂.
Maybe one day bro! and thanks for the support 🙌 also sorry for late reply - your comment got randomly ‘held for review’ by KZhead
@@SamMartinPeakPerformance that is wild. But thanks. Your content is really helpful to me. 👍🏼
blue lock reference (its a joke low lives)
No it isn’t
@@nzkssmajsbhendj818 its a joke donkey
Real life reference
No it's not
Anime kids when they realize real life exists
Thanks bro for the great video. ❤
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video I just stumbeld upon you defentily deserve more subscribers.
Thanks a lot man, glad you've found the channel and hope you get a lot out of it!
Amazing video bro, I will use those in tomorows table tennis league match❤️👊🏼
Good luck!
@@SamMartinPeakPerformance tnx!
so now I understand EGO and ISAGI
This video should have way more view, Amazing video
Thanks man, glad you managed to find it and enjoy
thanks man
Ive played soccer all my life, for me this state is really achieved when you don’t know it’s happens and you are not trying to get in it or thinking about it at all, it just happens. Maverick “Don’t think, just do”
Absolutely 👍. The more you think about it, the harder it is to find
Really loved the video just competed at my national championships and had 2 pbs and was wondering why I felt like everything I did was so perfect on the day and I think you’ve answered it perfectly.
Amazing to hear! Hope you can feel that way more often now 💪 & well done on the PBs
I was in flow state 1-2 times,,,, while playing badminton,,,,, Holly shit,,,time really does slows itself
Absolutely! Hope you find it more
I reached a very high level of flow state once only during a volleyball tournament. It was the last game and we had been playing from 12pm till 6pm. I hadn't had lunch, expecting to be able to eat in between matches, and after the previous game, I lost my bag with my phone and everything inside of it. I don't know how but it was that combination of stress, frustration, and the entire situation that put me in the flow state and I had nothing left to lose. I had become numb and didn't think of anything except winning the match. It was a surreal experience and somehow we won the third set with a score of 30-28 or so (now that I think about it, the other team was much better overall but we managed to win). Someone found my bag after the tournament so it was all good.
I compete in Muay Thai. It goes hand in hand but pretty much confidence building with sparring, repetition with drills, mental exercises such as breathing and the Nike Slogan. Just do it. The only way to learn.
Thanks mate! 🙂 Greetings from Finland!
Welcome! 🇫🇮 🤝
blue rock reference 🥴
great stuff thanks
You're welcome dude
BLUE LOCK, BABY
Blue Lock's Ego explained it better 🔥
I’ve entered this flow state many times playing football (soccer for Americans), but it’s something that literally lasts like 5 seconds. I make an outstanding play that when I’m out of flow state I’m literally like ‘i will never be able to produce that again’
Not really unless your goal was just to make a play t score that goal
I love Blue Lock because it also explains it perfectly; when you face a high level of challenge and are at a high skill level corresponding to the challenge, you will enter the flow
Bro same
Blue lock is goated fr
Where did you get that wall art I love it, also great video 👍👌
Thanks, appreciate it! Art is from Boot & Ball 👍
thx! so much i had to many anxiety issues
Hope this helps - check out some of the other videos. One on handling pressure in sports should help too :)
I've been going in the flow state unconsciously while playing sports but I never knew how I will go in the state again So I searched up on the internet and found this video instead it's very helpful
Hope you start experiencing it more now! Good luck bro
i actually had this feeling once during soccer season when i wanted to make my team win and i was so focused i scored a goal
Love to hear it 🙌
A true egoist lol
@@amadujalo8914 yep
dude same that happened only once and normally i totally suck but i actually scored two goals
wish i saw your videos 3 years ago before i quit due to anxiety...
i am i starting forward for my soccer team and used this in a championship after training it for a while and won 4-1
Nice
Interesting. One of the reason, I never continue playing sports is, whenever I played with a "smaller team". I never seem to get going.
I remember a time were i was playing a soccer tornament and it was semi final, we were losing 4-2 and the other team was talking smack since the beginning and that had me mad couse my teams moral went rock bottom… 3 minutes left and my team had all ready given up and i wanted to shut the other team cause they were humiliating us till the very end… and that’s were i snapped and entered the “flow”… i started to dribble past the players with incredible skill while telling them how trash they was and even humiliated there goal keeper with a nutmeg… that lowered there moral and gave me another chance and when they restarted the match i stole it and did an assist… the match ended 4-4 and while i was walking back i yelled at them “NEVER UNDERSTIMATE YOUR OPONENT” 5 minutes later they came to say sorry to us and that they learned the lesson… we won in the penalties and went to finals and in the finals they discualify both teams because of a fight that broke out 😂
love this story 😂
Oh yeah i also did experience this, a one time in a basket ball game when the ball was out of the field someone went to grab it and when he did he throw it to someone so they can continue playing, but before that happened i just positioned myself right behind the guy who was Gon recieve the ball cuz i just suddenly felt like he was not Gon catch it and it was going to go over his head, which i somehow was right, at that time I didn't think about anything and was just in a trance and just by pure reflex i jumped in the air and did a Nagi move, catched the ball with my right leg mid air aka trapped it mid air then after that i catched it my hands then after we started continuing to play
There has been a few times where I got into flow in futbol, the one I most remember is on my birthday. I remember it was 2-0 and the other team was winning, and I got the ball. I think I beat 3 or 4 defenders and the part I remember the most is I shot it and it went top corner, in the video it looks 25-30 yards out. I don't remember the rest but its on video and the other team passed the ball off kickoff and I took it from him and beat 2 defender and sprinted to their goal and scored, my second in 15 seconds. Then a few minutes later I got a cross right to me and hit a first time volley into the goal. I dont know what happend next but its weird because I just did all of it unconsciously and somehow easily beat everybody and I don't even remember it happening even while watching the video.
Awesome video Sam, thanks! Just can't access the links for some reason..... says "this material is unavailable"
Thanks Jane What links do you mean? :)
Who else read/watched blue lock and saw the challenge/skill graph there
i like how for the next video you put choke vs clutch and had 2018 Ronaldo Portugal kit cuz Portugal vs Spain was a good match Ronaldo clutched up.
Serious clutch moment 🙌
Isagi being in his zone
Every time im trying to get into the best of me, i set an anchors, physically and mentally.. example, physically i kept that 1 small thing or form in mind, it will automatically kept me in ready mode, mentally, i need to be silent yet controlled. When i had these anchors, all the anxiety,noise, pressure will atleast minimum, lastly, i am enjoying each seconds of it,eventhough im not smiling cos im in the zone.
Love this 👏
I came to this video because i went to flow state once and i wanted to experience to experience it again on command
Hope the video helps you find it again!
blue lock manga talks about this
PEAK!
Ive entered it once. I was sore rhe next day
Should i do this before training/ a gaming session or only before a tournament?
Blue lock frrrrrrr
I one timed warmed up withh my cousin and i hit flow state whenever he kicked the ball far usualy i dont run after it but this time my body js said run and i reached it and i didnt feel pain cuz i play barefoot with sticks on the ground i wanna learn how to do it on command my ball control and volley skills get insane and dribbling
im in this flow state almost every moment, i know when i get into it when i feel like time is moving slower, like a minute feels like 30 minutes or when i feel like my body is moving on its own like my brain can't process on what the hell im doing, but sometimes i enter flow state weirdly, i found it out when i was trying to juggle a soccer ball,i started with anxiety, my skills aren't matching the challenge, i start doubting, i was wondering if i can actually master it then i suddenly start going into flow, my mind was like in a haze, i was hitting the ball perfectly, i can't think of anything but to keep the ball from the air, hitting it with rythm, forgetting where i am standing or what i was thinking earlier, my flow works different as it makes my body move in a way ive never done before, like my body is doing something ive done before when in i actually haven't done it before
Can’t wait to vs Aomine in the court
I've experienced it a few times, particularly during running, but it happened to me today, was playing "hunger games dodgeball" ik ik but they made is do it, 5 people went after me, took out all of them, then won, didn't feel a thing until after I sat down
Love it. Beast 💪
I am a skilled and fan of football. When I play hard and tough matches i ALWAYS enter a state a flow. I feel like i dont control my body and I am really SERIOUS about the game . I also find myself scoring insane goals but not caring than after the match I just realize how good i was. it suddenly stops after some time. I always find myself winning. I think thats why my friends call me a good player. I also dont know why i find myself singing in a flaw state lol
that's true for me in big games that matter most my team knows I'm the best player, so they all look up to me and in these moments when it matters most i enter my flow state just only for a few minutes and score a winning goal. i need to learn how to have that for more time
Congratulations on pronouncing Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi so well
Took a few takes 😅
some people like myself was born with the gift of flow of state, just being able to play any sport and do exceptionally well
Great. Now I'll go and become the greatest Warzone player. Thank you
Good luck bro 👍
To me, the stronger my desire to reach that goal, the easier it is to get into flow. i start feeling as if time itself has slowed and dhots which would have been impossible become way too easy
That desire is everything 💪
for me the way to enter a “flow state” is if i play opponents better than me n who play at a faster pace than me causing my mind to go blank n my body moving on its own
I remember going troight this state while playing clah royal only legends will know that feeling
I had the flow on my soccer match i need it again
Hope the video helps you find it again!
It’s like being in The Zone like in kuroko basketball
uh this has happened to me and somehow unconisly ive been doing it on half of my games,Let me explain I once was playing football not soccer and then all of a sudden i just felt a burst in me i knew everything i somehow mannaged to score 6 goals.I thought i could never do it again but somehow someway i did. what i think i did was first when i was playing i noticed everything around me stayed calm.BUt i think the main factor was something before the match itself i kept saying to myself im gonna go out there and win.This went on and on.That same day i had achived flow again.As of my current state im only able to do it if im ready to.Like yesterday i was like oh im not doing it, i didn't.But the days i was like IM GOIng to fuc-ing win i acheived flow.
I did this by starting to play Call Of Duty with only knives against people with guns to increase the challenge, it made every achievment feel more earned because i put myself at a purposeful disadvantage.
Love it 👏
I’ve always wondered how player don’t beat up the other team when they lose, thanks
😅 takes some self-restraint
@@SamMartinPeakPerformance your right, i kinda don’t have that 😕