For example: If you make practicing water polo too much of a priority and start spending an unreasonable amount of extra time practicing on your own, you might also be giving up some of the time that should have been saved for other areas of your life such as schoolwork or family. When this happens, you now have a smaller amount of dedicated time for these areas. This increases the amount of stress and anxiety within yourself, and instead of finding fulfillment in those other areas, you’re feeling rushed and incomplete. And, as expected, that extra stress and anxiety will start to affect you in your sport. And the cycle continues...