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HOW TO NOT CHOKE DURING CONTESTS
By codercodercoder, history, 5 years ago, In English

Hello Codeforces Community!

I have been choking in contests for a long while. I somehow manage to do hard problems (div2 D-E) during practice without choking but choke very bad even in div2 A,B and C during contests which leaves me very less or no time to try the harder problems. Even though i get the solution I cannot implement it. This is very demotivating and demeaning.

Please give your valuable feedback on how to prevent choking during contests.

Cheers

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Drink water!

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Do more virtual contests.

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Train to solve easy problem faster, it is also important skill

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Where is correlation between good managing div2de during practice and choking in div2abc during contests? It's normal to combine these things. If you want advice — continue doing practice and do virtual contests, it's the only way to learn how to write them good.

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