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JJ McCarthy Michigan - Grounding, Breathing, Meditation

9 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Short YouTube sports clip (Fortitude 365) highlighting Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy’s mental-preparation routines. The narrator describes McCarthy using grounding (bare feet on the field), breathing, and meditation before games, and notes a significant mid-game moment before the fourth quarter when the team sports psychologist led a check-in: players looked each other in the eyes, shared mantras, and reinforced mental tools. The piece emphasizes that McCarthy has developed an unusually full mental-health toolbox to keep his mind sharp during competition.

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Michigan. Michigan quarterback J.J. mcCarthy does this before every game. He uses his bare feet on the field to ground himself. Breathing, meditation. And he spent a long time doing it. Right before this fourth quarter was about to start, he did something else that's significant. This is the team sports psychologist. And in the break, they did check in, look each other in the eyes, mantras check in. At the moment, this young man has unlocked more of the tools and skills than any athlete I've ever covered of his mental health. How to keep his brain sharp, his toolbox is full mentally. Will that help him finish this game physically?