Eating bananas before

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Eating bananas before

Eating bananas before performing

One of the mighty admins suggested this and I did it yesterday (after eating two or three cookies) before a piano competition. However, I ate it at 3:00-ish and I performed probably at 4:00-ish. But it worked! I think. I was pretty nervous, my hands were shaking, but that might have been because the other two people before me had played the same piece.

 Anyways, in the comment sheet thingy, the adjudicatior (sp.?) had said that I had sounded very confident which is not true because while my hands had stopped shaking, my pedalling foot had not. But I got one mark below the third place mark, an 84 and an 85 is apparently a good mark, so I'd just like to thank the admin who suggested eating-bananaisms! 

 Has eating bananas or some other pre-performance ritual helped anyone else? 

 

It was me, Olive! You're welcome. I'm glad it helped you.

Admin 

submitted by Olive
(April 9, 2011 - 11:00 am)

back to the Pudding's Place

Thanks, Admin!

 

You're welcome again. By coincidence, I'm baking banana cupcakes right now.

submitted by Olive
(April 9, 2011 - 12:57 pm)

@Admin: That's funny! And I had banana pancakes this morning. :)

 

Mmmm!

submitted by Olive
(April 9, 2011 - 3:08 pm)

My sister did this yesterday before her Calculus test! I've done it before auditions and it works every time. :)

submitted by Julia, age 14, OR
(April 9, 2011 - 4:02 pm)

I think it's more likely to be the placebo effect than anything about bananas specifically, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't work! I ate a banana before a spelling bee, and I didn't win, but I did well enough.

 

What I was told is that the potassium in the banana has a calming effect. Bananas are high in postassium.

Admin

submitted by Ima
(April 9, 2011 - 5:28 pm)

I think potatoes have even more potassium than bananas. Though it might be more pleasant for most people to eat a banana than a potato when you're nervous. I just can't really stand bananas unless it's baked in something.

Peaceing out for now,

-Hannah/Kiwi

submitted by Hannah/Kiwi, age 15, Privet Drive, s
(April 9, 2011 - 7:06 pm)

Really? I do piano competitions, and I pretty much freak out before I play.  Maybe next time I'll try eating bananas.  And no, I don't really have a pre-performance ritual except going to a practice room and practicing like nuts. :)

submitted by Mattie
(April 11, 2011 - 6:37 am)

@Julia: Was Maddie the one taking the Calculus test?

submitted by Brynne
(April 11, 2011 - 7:37 pm)

Yep! Wow... you have a really good memory. She hasn't been on here in forever!

submitted by Julia, age 14, OR
(April 13, 2011 - 9:49 pm)

Well, I think we started posting about the same time, and I remember that for a while she was one of only a couple people on here my age.

I hope she did well on her test!

submitted by Brynne
(April 14, 2011 - 1:36 pm)

This is random, but today I had a mini banana in my lunch. Yes, mini!

submitted by Choco, age 12, here
(April 12, 2011 - 2:46 pm)

A mini banana?! What do those look like? I've never seen one before. :)

submitted by Olive
(April 12, 2011 - 5:17 pm)

It is about half the size of a regular banana. I don't know how to explain it...

submitted by Choco, age 12, here
(April 13, 2011 - 5:58 pm)

Are those tiny super-sweet ones? I love those. 

submitted by ZNZ, age 13, Thulcandra
(April 14, 2011 - 5:50 am)

YES!!!

submitted by Choco, age 12, here
(April 14, 2011 - 2:59 pm)