At a time when athletes from all sports activities are talking up in regards to the significance of psychological well being, former tennis greats Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi addressed the difficulty whereas talking with senior sports activities journalist Ayaz Memon on the Hindustan Occasions Management Summit.
Speaking in regards to the pressures that elite sportspersons face every day, Graf highlighted the way it turns into powerful to ask for the most effective from your self day in and time out.
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“It’s powerful to seek out that emotional steadiness. Emotionally it’s arduous to ask the most effective out of your self day after day. As you get nearer to the highest, the expectations are rather a lot. You don’t realise the quantity of stress not simply from outdoors, however even from the perfectionist that’s inside you. When you stroll away, you’re removed from having that equilibrium,” Graf stated.
She stated that loads of gamers discover it arduous to deal with life after retirement as they’re unable to think about what to do after their profession is over
“There’s a lot you’re taught in tennis that there’s an enormous half you’re lacking and an enormous half you acquire. However there’s a lot it prepares you for the submit retirement life. It’s a unique section however I see with gamers who’re near retiring, they’ve the query, ‘The place do you go from right here’. As a result of tennis has been all that they know,” Graf stated.
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Agassi added that gamers usually discover it tough to deal with the relaxed life submit retirement as they’re used to the stress of taking part in recurrently.
“If you unplug from tennis it’s nearly like PTSD, depth of engagement – bit like having medication and never having medication. Life appears boring for some time. It’s arduous to understand life may very well be a bit extra relaxed as nicely. Sports activities makes you powerful from one perspective, it additionally makes you an individual the place it’s good to disconnect and develop in another means,” the previous US tennis nice added.
He additional stated that it can be crucial for folks to be self conscious and maintain psychological well being.
“I consider folks have to be true to themselves, for that it’s good to be self-aware. You should prioritise psychological well being. All of us discover our personal types of distraction in life,” he stated.