Fear and psychological barriers are stopping us from playing at our full capacity. When your energy is clamped, you won’t be able to produce a smooth movement. No smooth movement - no stable play. No stable play - no stable outcome.
When you hesitate, you won’t be able to follow your plan. When you have no plan, your actions stop having a purpose. When you don’t give the purpose to your actions, they become stranded, or even worse, following other people’ goals.
You want to control your game, you want to take the lead. Even if you lose as the result, you will know that you’ve given everything (and even more) to win.