Brooke's Pre-Competition Routine
The same sequence every competition — built so a fearless athlete who gets nervous under the lights takes the mat calm and ready to perform full-out, instead of shrinking and marking it when it counts.
Uniform, bow, shoes, makeup, everything on the team list packed. A real dinner, in bed early. A little calm visualization if she likes it, then let it go.
A real breakfast that sits right, hydration starting early. Build in plenty of time for hair and makeup — a calm, unrushed morning is where the confidence starts, hours before she takes the mat.
Warm-up (at the competition)
- Team warm-up as the coaches run it.
- Her personal focus: sharp motions hit and stuck on the count.
- A couple of full-out sections so her performance gear is awake, not saved.
The physical warmup is the team's; the mental one — sharp, confident, full-out — is hers.
Pick one thing to carry in — this season it's usually sharp and on the count or perform full-out. One cue is a reminder; five is a lecture that spikes her nerves.
Warm, hydrated, calm, energy up but not anxious. A little visualization — she's hit this a thousand times; this is one more. The full-out mindset starts before she takes the mat, not after the first eight-count.
If a skill or a section goes wrong mid-routine, the cue is short: "Keep performing." All-star is a team sport and the routine keeps going — the job is to sell the rest full-out, not to freeze on the mistake.
Why the sameness matters: Brooke is fearless in the gym and nervous under the lights, and nerves are what make her shrink and mark it. A routine she's run a hundred times makes the competition mat feel like an ordinary practice, so she performs the athlete she actually is. That's the edge.
