Accept that you are prepared, free yourself to perform, and let it fly. This attitude will help you be more artistic and fluid in your performance, and this is imperative at key moments or in close games. “Train it and trust it,” advises famed sports psychologist Bob Rotella. Here are the three steps of the train-it-and-trust-it process. 1. The first step is to train your talent in practice. 2. The second step is to trust your talent in competition. 3. The third step is to keep repeating the first two steps.

