Hi and welcome to this guided pre-fight practice designed to help you get into an optimal state in preparation for your upcoming fight.
Mental rehearsal is a very powerful tool for success,
Helping you get closer to where you want to be in life.
Soften your shoulders,
Relax your jaw,
Soften all the muscles around your eyes.
Now visualize yourself in a cinema and in this movie that you're watching you are seeing yourself and you can see yourself performing at your very best.
You see yourself as you are preparing for your fight,
You are backstage getting your hands wrapped,
You have your support crew around you,
You are feeling fantastic,
You are focused,
Calm,
Collected and very positive.
As your hands are wrapped,
You're putting your gloves on and then it's time to walk out.
And as you make your way from the change room to center stage,
You are starting to feel very excited yet you are so calm,
So cool and collected.
Your eyes are on the prize,
You are so focused and as you make your way to the stage,
You hear the crowd roaring.
As you first lay eyes on the ring,
You are just feeling the part.
Going up the stairs,
Stepping onto the stage,
You're walking around,
You're walking around feeling the canvas beneath your feet,
Hearing the crowd roar in the back room.
As your coach offers you the last sip of water,
You take off your robe and before long it's fight time.
As the bell goes,
You lock eyes with your opponent,
You are seeing yourself following the punches,
You feel the weight of the gloves on your hands,
You're imagining every detail,
You feel how your body moves,
How your hands are moving,
How you are ducking and weaving,
You are seeing the combinations you are putting together,
Feeling your feet move,
Feeling your breath consistent and controlled,
You feel the expressions on your face.
As you see yourself successfully moving through all your boxing movements with positivity and success,
You see that you're coming to the last round and you're feeling euphoric,
Your game plan works out exactly as you had imagined it to be and ding,
Ding,
Ding,
That is the end of your fight.
You know you've won this one,
You've given it your all,
The winner is announced.
You have won this fight,
Congratulations,
But this comes as no surprise to you because you have put in weeks and weeks of hard work,
You've been thinking about it every single day,
Working hard to achieve your goal.
Now when you are ready,
You walk back out of this movie screen that is showing the picture of you performing perfectly,
Visualize that you are returning to your seat in the theater,
You reach out and grab the screen as it shrinks down to the size of a cracker,
Then you bring this miniature screen up to your mouth,
Chew it up and swallow it.
Imagine that every tiny piece,
Just like a hologram,
Contains the full picture of you performing perfectly.
Imagine all these little screens traveling down into your stomach and through your bloodstream into every cell of your body,
Then imagine that every cell of your body is lit up with a movie of you performing perfectly.
It's like one of those appliance store windows where 50 TVs are all tuned to the same channel.
Now you can choose to continue watching this channel for a little longer,
Or you can choose to close this meditation when you are ready.
Gently bringing the awareness back to your fingers,
Your toes,
Giving them a gentle wiggle,
And then when you feel ready,
In your own time,
You can open your eyes and greet this moment with a smile.
And greet this moment with a smile
