Being on Top of Your Game On and Off the Field Helps

I was talking to one of my coaches the other day and he seemed to make a very valid point about athletes and being on top of their "game" on and off the field. On the field "game" is self explanatory but what I mean when I say off the field "game", I'm pertaining to an athlete's sex life. And by sex life I mean more than just intercourse; dealing with the opposite sex, relationships, etc.

The conversation had me thinking hard for awhile simply because it made so much sense. My coach broke it down to me like this; If an athlete is taking care of business off the field, it will eventually transfer over to helping them perform on the field. Sex can bring confidence, relieve stress, help with depression and increase competitiveness; its basically it's own medicine. 

Results vary from athlete to athlete of course, everybody is different. But personal experience is one of the best teachers we have in this world. I had a teammate who was going through some woman troubles during our season and I noticed that it was really affecting his game. His head wasn't into practice, he would mess up plays that he knew like the back of his hand. 

Take a look at Tiger Woods for example. He was on top of the world. He was playing the best golf out of anybody in the world, was always winning and had endorsements deals; he was living the american dream. As soon as he was found out and scandal hit the streets his game went down the drain. His whole routine was thrown off and his game went with it. I'm not saying that a woman is to blame for his decline in his performance. He was a married man who knew what he was getting himself into, it was his own fault. BUT, if he had never been found out, would he still be winning? 

I'm not saying that athletes have to have a healthy sex life to be at the peak of their game. All I'm saying is that, it was brought to my attention that being on top of your game off the field can help transfer to performance on the field. Another one of my teammates has been in a relationship for a really long time now and his performance on the field has been outstanding. He has the potential to go to the NFL from a D3 College, which is pretty rare. 

I think this is a really interesting topic and a longitudinal study should be conducted to help figure out if all this is really true.