4 Ways to Enhance Your Head Game
Juilliard psychologist suggests 4 ways to build your mental muscle
At first glance, elite violinists and cellists may not seem to have much in common with top athletes, but inside the mind, it’s much of a muchness. “In sports psychology, ‘mental toughness’ seems to arise more than any other word,” says Dr. Noa Kageyama, a noted psychologist, in describing the phenomenon of excelling despite adverse conditions, even playing through pain or in freezing temperatures.
Kageyama, who builds these same attributes in elite musicians at the Juilliard School of Music, says that the sports world is increasingly lending these vital tropes to musicians. With more talented musicians than ever competing for limited spots in the professional string world, surviving pressure —or even thriving on pressure—could very well be the difference between a conservatory scholarship and the end of a student musician’s performing career.
Kageyama shares a few ways to sharpen one’s mental edge.
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