Find out what tilting is, why it happens, and how to stop it from derailing your performance. This episode offers effective strategies to recognize, manage, and overcome tilt, keeping you and your team focused during high-stakes moments.

Dr Michelle Pain, Sport Psychologist

What is tilting?

Tilting is when a player becomes inwardly frustrated or angry, most often about their own mistakes during play, and sometimes because of the play of team mates (or opposition).

When a player starts to tilt, they play worse because they are distrated by negative thoughts running through their head. They might play more or less aggresively than usual. And usually they comm less.

But worse, they might outwardly express their frustration by making noise (a grunt, a sigh, or slamming the desk). This causes their team mates to notice the frustration, and now they are worried that this player’s performance will decrease, and those distracting thoughts make them play worse…and then you’ve got a negative cycle!

Doc: https://pocketpsych.notion.site/Tips-to-Stop-Tilting-14a917bb5b0680feac80e50929a1a89b

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - What is tilting? 02:02 - Silent fuming reduces comms 02:43 - Step 1 - Recognise when you are tilting 02:59 - Step 2 - Identify the causes 03:26 - Step 3 - Techniques to try to re-set (mid-game) 04:32 - Step 3 - Techniques to try to re-set (between maps) 04:40 - Step 3 - Techniques to try to re-set (after the game) 05:49 - Resources 06:11 - Experts

Follow some experts for good tips

https://twitter.com/pocketpsych - Follow me! Michelle Pain, PocketPsych https://twitter.com/dfragtv - Dfragtv on twitter https://twitter.com/TheEsportsRD - Casey Thomas, Nutrition specialist https://twitter.com/EsportsHector - Hector, Stength and conditioning https://twitter.com/HPforGamers  - Matthew Hwu, Physiotherapist, injury prevention https://twitter.com/hubermanlab - Andrew Huberman, Neurophysiologist, good health podcasts https://twitter.com/traceymarksmd - Tracey Marks, Psychiatrist, excellent short videos on mental health

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