THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE TOTALITY OF THE OVERKILL MINDSET:
When training for his Larry Holmes fight, Mike Tyson was being interviewed while running at 4:32 A.M. in sub-zero weather.
On his very early morning run, the interviewer asked him, “Mike, why are you running at this ungodly hour?” Tyson smiled and replied confidently, “Because I know my opponent is still asleep.”
The message in the story is “overkill.”
THE OVERKILL MINDSET IS ABOUT DOING MORE THAN YOUR OPPONENT AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL CONCEPTS WE EMBRACE IN OUR TRAINING.
Though there are many aspects of this mindset that can be discussed, I’m sharing my fundamental thoughts to get you thinking and started.
MENTAL RULES
- Do more than your opponent does.
- Know more than your opponent does.
- Think more than your opponent does.
- Have more than your opponent does.
- Want more than your opponent does.
Remember, on judgment day (Game Day), you will not be asked what you have read, but, rather, what you have done.
Too often we simply imitate movements and parrot philosophies. In the end, there is little substance.
For me and my team, “overkill” refers to the depth of knowledge.
Too Many SMEs.
SME stands for Subject Matter Experts.
In the SPEAR System® community, we aren’t ‘subject matter experts’ we are ‘substance matters explorers’.
Our confidence is derived from always being able to answer “WHY” to any question for everything we practice.
- What are other options for this scenario? Are there any I’m not exploring that could make me safer sooner? (Scenario – legal, ethical)
- Why would I do this move and when? (Strategy- MIND)
- Why should I move my leg like this? (Biomechanics- BODY)
- What would be my motive for employing this technique? (Emotional fuel- SPIRIT)
- And so on
This formula ensures ‘deep practice’. It requires brain-based training.
This is the way I train, read, study, and research.
Tyson wasn’t learning some secret technique, he didn’t invent a new way to strike. (Though his head movement was innovative. If you listen to him in interviews, he was always thinking about the sport on a different level.)
All of Tyson’s opponents did roadwork. He found a way to do it in a way that made him ‘more’ formidable.
If you apply the overkill mindset and make sure you can answer ‘why’, it’ll add a new depth to your confidence!
Coach B
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