Being in the Zone – Sport’s Holy Grail, the zone of optimal functioning! alertness or awakeness and exists on a continuum between deep sleep and panic/red mist territory

We see this all the time in rugby locally, it must be instinctual the guys do this so much!

“Sportspeople often talk about being ‘in the zone’, but I’m sure many are unaware of what this actually means. The zone in question to give it it’s full title is the ‘zone of optimal functioning’ or when an athlete performs to their absolute maximum – has the perfect game. That is why it is the holy grail – it has so many variables that an athlete will be lucky to truly achieve this once or twice in their career. Anything from amount of sleep, relationship status, nutrition, training and coach input (amongst countless others) can influence performance. One such occasion when someone came pretty close to a best possible game was David Beckham against Greece in the World Cup qualifiers in 2001:

Beckham’s arousal levels would have been close to their optimum. Arousal is defined as alertness or awakeness and exists on a continuum between deep sleep and panic/red mist territory……… quote InTouch “Trimble was there last year six nations” http://www.thesportinmind.com/articles/being-in-the-zone-sports-holy-grail/