hi guys I know it's early in the morning
so my speech can't keep you guys away
it's five fall in the third tiebreaker
of a three-hour tennis match whoever
wins the next point will have match
point and will most likely end this
everlasting marathon however it's my
turn to serve and you can probably
imagine how nervous I was my mo my whole
body was shaking and my arm was so stiff
at first my first serve I served it
right into the back fence missing my
first serve put a lot of pressure on my
second serve and I was prepared for my
second serve I just kept telling myself
David don't mess it up just serve it
right into the service box don't miss it
I rushed the rice service motion and hit
it right into the net I choked I choked
like a freshman asking the senior to
prom I choked would've had heard the
most but do you know who doesn't choke
this guy
Stefan curry has a record of making 81
free throws in a row since the fourth
quarter of every NBA NBA game says 2015
I mean that's amazing right he's called
the entire world watching him shooting
free throws and those free throws could
really be the difference between a
winning game a losing game and this guy
doesn't choke he's so automatic how
could he not choke like me I concluded
by saying that Stefan curry must know
the secret to perform at your highest
level even when the pressure is the
highest thus I went on a journey to find
the secret to perform at your highest
level even the most stressful situations
and by the end of the journey I realized
that there are many other high
performance out there just like seven
career such as tennis icon ruffian at
all
Serena Williams one of the most
influential tennis player in the world
and you mention live the 2018 America's
Got Talent winner could perform his
magic tricks flawlessly in front of
millions of Americans and by the end of
the journey I believe that I have found
the seeker and I'm here to share two of
them with you guys so when I started my
journey I realized all of these people
have one thing that I did not have it
was the key to unlocking their physical
body with a consistent routine stemming
Korea was able to make 81 free-throws
because he has done all the necessary
preparations
remember the ton of shots where he would
stand so far from the basketball hoop
you'd be almost standing near the locker
room shooting balls from there I mean at
first I thought he was just showing off
you know trying to impress the crowd but
as I did dive deeper I realized that
this was his pregame routine he does
this every single time before every
single one of his game you see when he
shoots these shots before the actual
game his muscles are relaxed and he
would make them easily and as he does
this every single time his muscles were
remember the exact feeling shooting
these shots so we have to make them in
the actual game when actually matters he
can just rely on the muscle memories and
not relying himself and he can make them
easily and this 4:7 Curry's free throws
he also has a specific routine where he
was standing on the free-throw line with
his right toe every single time bounces
about once and shoots the ball in one
fluid motion
every single time so this routine thing
it works for Stephen Curry
but does it work for a tennis player it
sure does
Ruffin at all one of the greatest tennis
player in the
now oh that's a really specific routine
where he would hop around in the locker
room before every single one of his
tennis match he doesn't always pick the
best spot he did this before the pregame
he stood under his ceiling I bumped his
head right onto the ceiling all jokes
aside he also has a really specific
service routine that he can rely on he
does this before every single one of
this served and he's kind of weird
touching her nose your brows and stuff
but it works for him so seeing his
routine I wanted to create my all
service routine so I just started to
take notice of what I like to do when I
serve so I realize that whenever I serve
I like to put my right foot diagonally
across the net pull facing the net boho
and I would like to lift my right toe
every time I lean back and just launch
myself forward every single time I serve
so that's what I like to do and I also
make some changes like actually taking
my time and bouncing the ball so there's
my there's my routine so I would just do
this before every single one of my
tennis match oh you didn't think I would
actually hit you guys did you
having my own routine made me a lot more
relaxed on court
so whenever I have to serve no matter
what situation Ximena Mobile's her last
I'm so relaxed that I could ask a senior
to prom with me
after I found the key to unlocking my
physical body I continued to search for
the key to unlocking my mind the key was
the right mindset no tennis it's a lot
different from other sports you're out
there by yourself usually and whether
you win or lose the match is all on you
you can't blame anyone else if you lose
a match just like house to Rita Williams
sad that tennis it's like a game of life
in life you can't rush through it you
got to take it one moment at a time I
mean we do all kinds of things to
entertain ourselves in the present we
hang out with friends we host parties
just to make the present the best
version it could be in tennis is the
same thing you can't predict what's
gonna happen in the future you can't
predict it if you're gonna win or lose a
match and you can't always look back
here onto your failures because you
can't change the past just gotta try
your best and stay in the present and
not care about the consequences and
enjoy the process there Serena Williams
and a really good example of Serena
Williams mine said it's Shelley she only
went to the American Got Talent Show
with only three acts prepared even
though you needed six to win so he
didn't go there to win the show he just
went there to entertain the crowd and he
did exactly that he went there and
performed every one of his acts fall
asleep no matter what stage of the
competition is in he didn't really care
about winning the competition but he
ended up winning the hearts of millions
of Americans so what I took from Serena
and shin limbs experience was that I had
an entirely different perspective on the
game of tennis before I would always
worry about losing a tennis match losing
to a player who's worse than me or just
losing points in general but right now I
didn't care I became a strategist on
court
I see you both coming at me the time
sold down and I took my time wash the
ball and planned what I was gonna hit
and since I didn't worry about winning
or losing a tennis match I also started
to a more riskier shot you know chef I
would never hit with my old mindset I
started to take more risk and it paid
off these shots I would never hit before
and I would never make them but right
now with the new mindset as I didn't
care about the consequences I start to
hit more of them in practice I mean even
Michael Scott the great Michael Scott
had said that you miss 100% of the shots
you don't take
so why not hit all of them so I started
to take more risk I became a better
tennis player I started wearing more
tennis matches and not only did my
tennis skill improved my love for the
school support I've devoted my life to
also groove so life is stressful guys I
mean as a food students it's even more
stressful
we've got like all kinds of things
coming up and you've got the finals go
SAT you have our driver's license test
coming up and definitely for the
academics if you're an athlete you
probably have trials coming up
especially tennis players out there
you're trying to impress your coaches
and for the Romantics out there you're
probably thinking about asking someone
to prom with you all these things are
stressful and you can't escape from them
so just ask your two question just ask
yourself two questions the next time
you're under a situation like this do I
have a consistent routine that I can
rely on have I prepared enough do I have
something I can rely on
am I going to the situation with the
right mindset you know my say it doesn't
care about the result I just focused
this on you join the process if you said
yes to both of these questions you're on
the right track and don't worry if you
said no because take the SAT for example
to think of it as a game where you're
trying to compete with your friends to
get the higher score and when you're
preparing for it just prepare for it
like you would do on a real test do it
under the same condition you would
actually perform on this actual test so
you will be more prepared and there's
your routine so the next time you take
the test it would just be like another
practice test the next time you're put
under the spotlight guys be fearless
because you already know how to cope
with it like a pro thank you