Admitting you suck (Play Mistakes) / Avoiding them

Everyone makes play mistakes (or what we MTG nerds call misplay) including the top players in almost any game or sport you see. It just happens, no one is perfect and no one expects you to be (except asian parents). That being said, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to prevent those mistakes from happening. The first step to getting better is accepting that you make mistakes (most of time just accepting your a noob) and trying to learn from your mistakes. If you know what you did wrong than you can just recall that scenario so you can prevent it next time. If you have trouble seeing it, ask someone who is better than you for help. This is a lot easier in Magic because you can have someone just watch a match for you and just tell you a few pointers. Just get accustomed to admitting them and NEVER think you played perfect most of the time. Chances are you didn't and your full of shit.

Besides the obvious of just learning from your mistakes, there are also a couple of ways to avoid unforced errors.

#1 - Play at your own pace (fuck your opponents). If you don't stay in a comfort zone you are comfortable with, you will end up making unforced errors. Now don't over use this idea of playing at your own pace. It's good that you move with a flow you like but you can't over do it as in the case with Magic, you can't forcefully slow play. This only truly applies in tournaments because they can call a judge over where you can get warnings and warnings lead to game losses and beyond. But still, just because some players play fast, does not mean you have to also.

#2 - Don't get overwhelmed. It's easy to panic when there is too much pressure or you get overwhelmed by too much stuff. Some common examples is double team on you in basketball. Too much combat math in Magic. Too many fucken dots and pets on you while everyone is 40% life in WoW - Arena. This is something you overcome over time as you keep playing.

#3 - Don't be scared of your opponent. This is easier said than done because when your opponent is clearly better than you, you give your opponent too much credit and give yourself too little so you end up playing horrible because of it. This concept is very true and gets even worse as your opponents get better. This concept can also potentially cause the other two I mention above to happen. This isn't true for all people but I've seen it and been the victim of it many times. It's just hard to stop it from happening because sometimes, they are just that good.

I hope this was helpful and if you find something you disagree with or something I should mention, feel free to tell me sometime. And don't worry, I suck ass and make all these mistakes too. Noobs Unite!