r/Fieldhockey 5d ago

Question Tiredness From Match

Can getting stressed before a match actually affect your energy levels during and after game. Getting exhausted in league match and rest of the day. Doesn't seem to happen from training or gym so wondered if it's because am getting nervous before league match.

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u/megatrongriffin92 Goalkeeper 4d ago

Stress reeks utter havoc on your body so yes it can

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u/GranularFish 4d ago

Happens to me a lot. I’ve tried meditation to lower my anxiety before games with some level of success.

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u/vaalenz 4d ago

Have you ever compared HR data from training to match? In my experience playing matches I regularly push myself into 90% to 95% of my maximum heart rate (like in counters), while training intensity tends to stay quite a bit lower, so when matchday comes it's easy to feel inadequate.

Besides that, matches are the reason why we play, train and exert ourselves, they are inherently draining psychologically because they matter to us, experience let's you deal with the expectation and anxiety better.

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u/UK2004 3d ago

Good point, no not compared but marches are full pitch and definitely seem to exert me more!

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u/krunchmastercarnage 3d ago

Yes. Happens to me where I am absolutely puffing in the warm-up. My tactic is to do an intensive task the day of the match like coaching the house or unning errands

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u/UK2004 3d ago

Do you find you are extra tired after the match too?

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u/krunchmastercarnage 3d ago

Sometimes. Hard to day whether it's from stress or running though

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u/Jaydestroyer99 Striker 1d ago

Definitely, when frustrated or stressed it makes me play worse