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My father in law was a tennis coach. When a kid kept screwing something up, he'd stop them and ask in quick succession: "What's the capital of Illinois? Texas? Vermont?"

The kid would then, invariably, be able to hit the ball again. Sometimes all you need is a focused distraction to be able to perform.




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