Legendary Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff used to slap his goalkeeper in the
stomach before
each match. Tennis ace Serena Williams alwaysbounces her ball five times before her first serve. Jennifer
Aniston, it is reported, touches the outside of any plane she flies in with her
right foot before boarding. From
touching wood for good luck, to walking around ladders to avoid bad luck, we
all have little routines or superstitions, which make little sense when you
stop to think about them. And they are not always done to bring us luck. I wait
until just after the kettle has boiled to pour the water for a cup of tea,
rather than pouring just before it boils. I do not know why I feel the need to
do this, I am sure it cannot make a difference to the drink.
Some athletics have rituals while, before or after they play. This repetitive action or ritual is in our brains, we use to repeat an action which we know before has succeeded. Our brain prefers to repeat an action which is known to have good results rather than look for another new one. If we think about superstition we take notice that they are non-senses, but finally we repeat it to get luck.
In my opinion there isn't any reason to think that superstitions will help me, I think the opposite, if I forget to do something (superstition) I will have a bad sense and I won't feel comfortable. I'm going to explain what happened to me: The day of my TDR oral presentation I took a symbol (a blue glass stone with an eye in the middle) which my aunt gave me as a present after her journey to Greece. The symbol was supposed to bring good luck, but when I was putting it inside my pencil case it fell down and it broke in several pieces. I thought "Oh my God". But I went to my oral presentation quite calm and all ended well.
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