Dealing with pressure, Laura Robson turns to darts
In the midst of preparing for Great Britain's Fed Cup expected to take place in Israel this week, British tennis star Laura Robson is looking towards devising an antidote for pressure.
She has therefore decided to seek sanctuary under the umbrella of darts. She, like the captain of Fed Cup team, Judy Murray, is also a diehard fan of darts.
While talking to media sources, Laura expressed her interest and desire in playing darts by saying, "You can learn a lot from a darts player".
She continued, "I just like watching and, though I know this sounds a bit mean, I particularly like watching when they choke. It sounds horrible but it just makes it that much more exciting".
She further shared that the best thing she finds about the game is that it requires immense concentration and focus.
It is one of those games where there are innumerable distractions around and in the presence of all these distractions a player has to perform his or her best.
Laura intends to adopt a similar habit when playing the game. "I find it amazing the amount of pressure they're under to just make exactly the right shot at the right time," she said.
She observed, "You can see that they start to shake sometimes and, hopefully, we don't do that when we're playing”.
At the same time, it is also important to mention that Robson realises the pre-requisites that are involved in insulating oneself from the distractions that are around.
As has been pointed out by experts, it is a characteristic that a player develops with the help of experience.
It is pre-dominantly the experience that plays an important and pivotal role in distinguishing an amateur from a professional.
An experienced player in darts can easily be pointed out in the kind of reactions and responses he has towards his audience and this is what precisely contributes in the graduation and development of a professional player.
On the basis of experience, a player is in a better position to develop and formulate strategies. Through these, one can easily counter their opponent’s techniques and, at the same time, overcome one’s own weaknesses.
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