1. (2023高一下·绥宁竞赛)  完形填空

15 years ago when I was playing basketball in one of Australia's premier basketball leagues, I remember a sports psychologist we had for the season. As young professional athletes with highegos (自我价值感), the team were not quite convinced the techniques of psychology would1 performance, especially when it didn't involve using the physical strength and endurance needed to2 the weeks of training and games. I,3 , was interested.

We were trained in a visualization technique used before games. It involved moving ourselves into a meditative (冥想的) state and taking ourselves on a journey into the 4 to recreate the experience of a game, From 5 home, getting to the stadium, being in the change room, walking out onto the  6 and then finally visualizing how we would play and see ourselves 7 . The most important part of the 8 was to bring to life the vivid details of each stage, while also focusing on the 9 that came with it. We were trained to 10 fear, doubt and learned to go beyond them, so that by the time we got onto the court, we were grounded, 11 and ready to play.

What I learnt most from this technique was that winning games was important but how we 12 to play was even more vital. And 13 visualization was a powerful way to see through to the 14 , there were absolutely no 15 in the hard work of getting there.