Competition Blues

Hey guys so I just wanted to quickly talk to you about competition. For anyone who is involved at a high level in sport or even the arts, competing is a huge roll in our lives. 
Ive been competing in martial arts since the age of 7, and I'm still a nervous reck on the day of.

But I have some tips and tricks tat help me to kind of tame my anxiety.

1) Scope out your competition. 
You can usually kind of guess peoples' age and if they will be in your division or not, so if you can get a good look at them practising then do it! If you have some idea of what your up against you wont feel as nervous.

2) Get riled up, 
Before I compete I like to listen to a certain playlist of songs, warm up and get myself into competition mode

3) Surround yourself with people who care about you and are facing the same challenge.
Talk to your team-mates, have a shake down!