Taking deep breaths before cubing.

[Mudkip]

Who else takes deep breaths before a solve? I have started doing this recently, and my times have gotten significantly faster. Like from a 21 avg to a 17. This could because it relaxes me. What do you think?

ps. I'm not really familiar with posts like this, fell free to move this topic if I misplaced it.

 

[Cheese11]

No I havn't.

Today I was at a comp and during the first round of 3x3, I was shaking like crazy.
I wish I could have tried this.

 

[collinbxyz]

I don't for cubing (I'll try after this), but I know some baseball pitchers take a deep breathe before pitching.

 

[SpeedSolve]

Funny you bring this, up, because I started doing this too! I didn't even mean too, either. It was at a comp about a week ago, and before my solve I took a deep breath (mostly because I was nervous, it was my first comp, I was the first to go, and The Birdman* was there) and I got up there and got first. With a crappy 38.34, I messed up on F2L twice and on PLL. :fp


* The Birdman is Chris Anderson, number 11(?) on the Denver Nuggets. FYI

 

[collinbxyz]

I tend to hold my breathe when I try this... pretty cool though

 

[thackernerd]

Ya their is a lot of baseball pitchers that take a deep breath before every pitch.

 

[Jokerman5656]

No I havn't.

Today I was at a comp and during the first round of 3x3, I was shaking like crazy.
I wish I could have tried this.

That was your body telling you that you needed a mountain dew

 

[The Bloody Talon]

yes! I do this in my every official solve.
Just a habit that started from taekwondo competitions (where I shout), but instead that I shout, I just take a deep breath then a big exhale before solving . It makes me feel relax and ready.

 

[IamWEB]

Nothing a nice, full supply of oxygen to the brain to keep you focused for a solve.

Edit: See below post XD

 

[Anthony]

it was my first comp, I was the first to go, and The Birdman* was there

* The Birdman is Chris Anderson, number 11(?) on the Denver Nuggets. FYI

Wait, what?

 

[SpeedSolve]

Wait, what?

Wut.

 

[nitay6669]

i do this on all solves that i remember to. and i can see that usually all of those solves are significantly better then the other ones.

 

[Broom]

I've noticed that I get nerves every time I time myself whilst solving, and this shows when I jam the cube, drop it, etc. I have to try this, it seems so perfect for me.

 

[5BLD]

I find it good to do this but I usually forget.
What's annoying is this 'mental barrier' which I need to break to get into that perfect mind set... You know what I mean?

 

[Dacuba]

Every solve where I manage to focus on the cube only, I am significantly better than my average (barely sub15).
Once I mess up one solve, it is hard for me to get back to my perfect mental state. I tried deep breaths for that, but usually I need a pause of several minutes after a failsolve, otherwise I will mess up the next 5 solves too.
The problem is I don't like to make this pauses, but I need them to calm down.

 

[DRAGON_RYU]

I feel like your saying to yourself:
It's okay, no need to feel STRESS.
Which increases my stress when I do it before playing guitar.
But mayB cubin' is different.

 

[RCTACameron]

At home, I don't usually take deep breaths because I'm not very nervous, so it won't help much, and it just takes to long to do it before every solve. But if I am nervous (like at the end of an average of 100, or if I need to get a good solve to roll into a PB average) I will. I also do this a lot in weekly competitions. In official competitions, I do this on most solves. In the 2x2 finals at Worlds I took 4 deep breaths before every solve.

 

[majikat]

I do this as well- I also like to meditate in the mornings as well as before a cubing practice session, which I think helps a lot. Helps me to focus my mind completely on the cube...and I try to remember to breathe deeply and slowly even while I'm solving, to keep my mind in a focused, sort of meditative state all through the solve.

 

[LeighzerCuber]

Every solve where I manage to focus on the cube only, I am significantly better than my average (barely sub15).
Once I mess up one solve, it is hard for me to get back to my perfect mental state. I tried deep breaths for that, but usually I need a pause of several minutes after a failsolve, otherwise I will mess up the next 5 solves too.
The problem is I don't like to make this pauses, but I need them to calm down.

What you have to do is ignore the solve and think to yourself "Ok that was terrible. Let's try to save this average." I say this due to the fact that every time that I had a fail solve and freaked out over it everything else was down hill. When you ignore it and say,"Well I this is what I have to deal with. On with the next solve." then you don't get that adrenaline flow into your blood stream, thus, you aren't slowing you minds agility. I think that the you can't go to a pb average, but the pb average will come to you if you are slowly improving and staying calm.

 

[majikat]

What you have to do is ignore the solve and think to yourself "Ok that was terrible. Let's try to save this average." I say this due to the fact that every time that I had a fail solve and freaked out over it everything else was down hill. When you ignore it and say,"Well I this is what I have to deal with. On with the next solve." then you don't get that adrenaline flow into your blood stream, thus, you aren't slowing you minds agility. I think that the you can't go to a pb average, but the pb average will come to you if you are slowly improving and staying calm.

So what you're saying is,