European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine m j a a by it a psych ing by Kay Bartlett associated press Vel Knievel belts a shot of i wild Turkey and prays before he thunders his Cycle up and nope Auy Over. Members of the Cleveland quartet do transcendental meditation before i they address Beethoven and a Washington lobbyist wanders around Ca Pitol Hill talking to himself before he talks to the congressmen he wants to Sway. They Are All in their own Way psych ing  psych ing  it s a funny phrase that has become part of our language. Sample usage from the Blue Jean set Man i gotta psyche myself up for  from the analyst s Couch i Don t know How to psyche myself out of  and from mad Ison Avenue now let s not get ourselves too psyched , according to Webster s third is Slang for Psychoanal be. But what it is really is what do you do before Yon ask the Boss for a raise get up to Bat for the Church team pre pare to Tell your spouse that the Vaca Tion is off. Some of us Are pretty obvious like the Bird Mark Tydrich who Speaks to the Ball before he pitches. On the other hand there s Henry Moncini. He has a Marguerite maybe a scotch a Good meal and then  correspondent Leslie Stahl psyches herself Down before she goes on National  put a Wall around myself. Everything is in a state of pandemonium Between 8 and 6 30." right before she goes on she takes deep breaths to Calm  May be different from any thing else. You can t be too hot. You have to look  de Mcmahon Johnny Orson s sidekick on toe tonight show says his psych ing up is a pattern thing. I go to makeup at 4 30, change my clothes gargle make sure my handkerchief is straight and then i usually go in and Kibbutz with John for a few  usually leave each other  when he gets on stage. I hear Doc and that band playing and being an old Marine i m standing at attention in my  addition to the pavlovian technique Mcmahon says he always keys in on some body on the  la say to myself i m glad so and so is on the show. Someone i know will be Good it might be Beverly Sills or Charlie Callas or Bob Hope but i la key in on  Herbert r. Sand group president of Ideal toy corp., says he has a con Stant inner drive threatened by deep worries Over an Uncertain future. Sometimes it s almost impossible to get out of bed in the morning. But you have to pull yourself up by the Bootstraps Force yourself Start Selling your own brain think Only positively sell yourself As if you were a customer says Sand. It s almost metaphysical and i be been doing it for More than 30 years. That becomes your own mantra blocking out All other thoughts so you can focus Only on the Job. Chick Vennera 25-year-old Star of the members of the Cleveland quartet practice to before a concert. Actor Robert Conrad prays before stunt work. Thursday May 26, 1977 Broadway musical jockeys goes through elaborate preparations for his de manding role that includes martial arts dancing and simulating a rough ride. I pump myself up physically and then Clear my head says Vennera. He does calisthenic 30 to 40 pushups. 100 setups and then sits quietly alone before he goes  s like psych ing yourself up for a sporting  each performance he has to psyche  can t sleep for two or three hours afterwards. It s like the first time i be won. It s almost a Victory Celebration. I want to dance with my  the Carrillo Brothers a High wire act with Ringling Brothers circus says they draw Energy from thought before they go on. What is required is total concentration. It s thinking intensely about the rigging the people around and each moment As it s happening. I must always be there says Daniel Acosta one of the two performers who in jumping jacks on the High  psychiatric Community says the problem for most professionals is in psych ing Down in using the extra adrenalin in positive  have never had a person ask me How to get psyched  says or. Glenn smog Ger. A psychiatrist at the Menninger foun Dation in Topeka. Kan. The problem is How to you dual with inner stress so you Don t Jam the  or. Tobias Brocher Bead of the Center for applied behavioural sciences at the Menninger foundation says people sometimes worry too much about life s stresses. Stress is mis perceived As bad or kill ing. It s a question of the amount and where stress becomes  he says statistics show that people living in the rat race live longer than those in a relatively peaceful but Possi Bly Boring world the rat race keeps your system going. The Man who is living in peace does t have enough stimuli. The first stressful situation to come up May be wry harmful to him. We need to find the optimal amount of stress. Everybody has to find his own balance says Brocher. A mature preparation is to go through a rehearsal of what is about to confront you he  is pretty much the defense Washington lobbyist Joe Miller  wander around Capitol Hill talking to myself rehearsing what i am going to say How i m not going to foul it up. Especially when they be Given me the  says he has seen executives who fall asleep at their desks before going into a Tough meeting and others who can t sleep the night before. Athletes perhaps because of the unusual demands on them tend to be Mure elaborate in is Ching up. Howie Kumick a Middle guard for the University of Cincinnati says he fanta sizes about big plays before the game. "1 think about the Good plays i could make. In my mind i jump around and and Ward off blockers then tackle the Quarter Back for a loss. I get excited just talking about it. I Start psych ing on saturday mornings. Sometimes it s a three hour pro  must work. Kumick led the bearcats in tackles last fall and was named Captain As a  University of Georgia linebackers work together. Ben Bam Iasi gets Down on All fours and starts roaring like a lion ready to devour a hunk of meat. Jim Griffith cheers him  Star Renata scotto will not talk to anyone on the Day she sings pianist Vladimir Horowitz will Only play on sundays at 4 . So he does t have pressure All Day and Liv Ullmann gets to the theater in plenty of time to take off her shoes and relax. Estelle Parsons playing in ladies of the Alamo on Broadway spends a half hour alone gelling rid of what s going on in my own  the stars and stripes Page 11