My guest today is Judith Sim, Former National Climber, 3x Bronze Medalist at the SEA Games 2011, National Speed Champion in 2016 and 2018, Educator and PE Teacher.
Judith shares the difference between competing in a team sport and individual sport. She also talks about being in the state of flow in sports, and experiencing first-hand what she learnt in theory in Sports Psychology. Judith shares her strategies on preparing for being in the state of flow; strategies on coping with stress and anxiety on competition day; and adopting a growth mindset to overcoming her lowest moments.
2.50 Playing netball in secondary school and junior college
2.58 Picked up climbing in university
3.10 Picked up triathlon in 2018
3.25 Currently a PE Teacher at Victoria Junior College
3.40 Been a teacher for just over 6 years
3.25 How she was introduced to climbing
4.10 Being athletic to begin with as a netballer gave her the advantage to progress more easily
5.58 Core skills that make a good climber
6.10 Number 1 speed climber in Singapore
6.25 Having good body awareness just like in dance
6.52 Timeline of accelerated progress as a climber
7.28 Training hard and identifying quickly what skills were needed to be good at the sport
7.50 How vigorous the training is for climbing
9.20 The differences and similarities between climbing and netball
9.51 Ability to express herself more in climbing
10.00 Having more initiative and taking charge of training and her own performance in an individual sport
10.10 A team sport has many more factors that are not within your control
10.25 Learning to let go of things she is not in control of
10.40 How has sport has influenced the way she leads her life
10.55 Learning to be confident about herself
11.10 Knowing her capabilities and value
11.50 Share good experiences with students and to guide them
12.05 Guiding high-performance youth athletes in school
12.25 Main struggles of high-performance youth athletes
13.05 Prioritising, scheduling, recovery, motivation levels and injury prevention
13.50 Memorable moments in high-performance sport
14.40 Mental state was at its optimum
15.16 Getting into the state of flow
15.30 What work goes in to achieve that state of flow?
15.55 Visualisation
16.25 Competition format
17.55 Dealing with the stress from competition
18.32 Self-talk during the competition
18.55 Breathwork to calm down
19.10 Combining breathwork with visualization
20.00 Describing the state of flow
20.35 Creating the environment for optimum performance
21.00 When you’re in the state of flow everything seems effortless
21.10 The magic happens when you’re in the flow
21.30 Capturing the flow on video
21.50 Difficult to compare flow from sports to professional work
22.59 Momentum from getting things done at work
23.12 Experiencing flow at work
23.45 Low moments and struggles
24.55 Strategies coming out of low moments
26.10 Reasons for retirement from high-performance climbing
27.20 Admiration for those who can juggle work with training and competiting in high-performance sports
27.50 Other skills, values of traits from high-performance sports that have translated into life
28.10 Taking pride in wanting to be good at everything she does
29.27 Having the growth mindset to be successful
29.40 Advise for younger self
29.55 Don’t stop training
30.10 Coming out of the lows means growth
