When Sherlin and his team examined the data, what became clear was that the best athletes moved through this entire cycle fluidly, seamlessly transitioning from step to step. “That’s the secret,” says Sherlin, “extremely fluid brain control. Most people can’t make it through the whole cycle. They get hung up somewhere. They either can’t generate all the necessary brain states or they can’t control them. Elite performers can produce the right brain wave at the right time, vary its intensity as needed, then smoothly transition to the next step. Mentally, they just take total charge of the
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