You’re working, and then you’re in flow—as if you just just accidentally fall into it. But as Csíkszentmihályi explains in a 2014 paper, there are actually specific criteria that must be met for you to enter flow: You must have clear goals and progress. Your task must provide clear and immediate feedback.

The Power of Flow: What’s In It For You?

• Flow focuses your attention on what’s important and positive.
• Flow can lead to improved performance.
• Flow can accelerate learning and skill development.
• Flow can double your productivity.
• Flow teaches you to rise to challenges.
• Flow increases enjoyment and creativity.

It’s been proven by research that in order to reach flow state, you must eliminate all external distractions. Every time you get pulled out of your focus, you’ll be taken further away from flow state. Only when you can focus with undivided attention for at least 10–15 minutes you can get into flow state.

Q=Vt Q = V t , where V is the volume and t is the elapsed time. The SI unit for flow rate is m3/s, but a number of other units for Q are in common use. For example, the heart of a resting adult pumps blood at a rate of 5.00 liters per minute (L/min).

Here are the key steps to achieving and benefiting from Flow:

1. Choose work you love.
2. Choose an important task.
3. Make sure it’s challenging, but not too hard.
4. Find your quiet, peak time.
5. Clear away distractions.
6. Learn to focus on that task for as long as possible.
7. Enjoy yourself.
8. Keep practicing.

Ideally, your flow state session will last for at least four, 25-minute Pomodoros (90-120 minutes). After you’ve done the four sessions, you can give your brain a longer break (at least 15-20 minutes). During this longer break, you’ll probably come out of flow state.

Here are our favorite tactics for doing so:

1. Wear headphones.
2. Put your phone in airplane mode (or, better yet, in your closet/drawer/in another room)
3. Create a study space.
4. Close your door (if you have one)
5. Schedule blocks of uninterrupted time on your calendar.
6. Use the Pomodoro technique (see the next section)

1. 3 Tricks to Help You Get in the Zone. Being deeply immersed in your work is deeply satisfying.
2. Clear your mind. You can’t get in the flow if your attention is on what you need to do rather than what you’re actually doing now.
3. Nip interruptions in the bud. The modern world offers plenty of distractions.
4. Ready your brain.

The conditions to enter this state vary from each person. According to Midorima (one of the generation of miracles in Kuroko no Basket), only prodigies can use the zone and even top players that are focused without the Zone can only utilize up to 80% of their potential during a game.

For NBA players in the midst of a scorching streak or red-hot single-game performance, being in “the zone” is a very real thing. And it’s been impossible to ignore Durant’s nearly month-long string of games with at least 30 points. …

In the simplest terms, the “zone” (or “flow” as some sport psychologists’ call it), is generally described as “the pinnacle of achievement for an athlete”, and characterizes “a state in which an athlete performs to the best of his or her ability” (Young & Pain 1999).

What is it and what does it mean? Flow, also known as a Flow State or being in the zone, is a term used in positive psychology to refer to the mental state in which a person who is performing an activity feels a high level of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of performing the activity.

The trouble is, getting into “the zone” is not easy. When you try to measure it, it looks like it takes an average of 15 minutes to start working at maximum productivity.

Players that entered the zone are Aomine,Kagami,Kise and Akashi these players are more or less all-rounders. They all dribble, layup, shoot and dunk. Yes Akashi Seijuro can dunk! Kuroko doesn’t even play basketball like a regular person he adapts most basic skills to his abilities of misdirection and low presence.

If you tend to zone out during inopportune times, these strategies can help you keep your focus when you need it.

1. Ground yourself.
2. Keep track of when you zone out the most.
3. Practice mindfulness.
4. Use active listening techniques.
5. Practice self-care.

How to Get into the Zone – the Ingredients

1. Sharpen your Focus and Attention: When your attention is in the present moment and completely on task, you increase the chances of achieving flow.
2. Confidence: When you trust yourself, your training and your ability, you will worry less and experience less nerves.

5 Basketball Pre-Game Snacks for Full-Game Energy

• Protein Shake.
• Power Oatmeal.
• Whole Grain Pasta With Red Sauce and Grilled Chicken.
• Turkey Sandwich on Wheat Bread with a Peanut Butter Banana.
• Peanut Butter and Jelly With a Twist.