Marcelo talks with Max about technical conditioning for confidence in difficult situations: If you encounter diffidence in initiating a particular direction of attack after having it met with resistance from your opponent, you can circumvent subsequent vacillation by relying on your experience in training for worst-case scenarios. Learning how to place yourself in situations wherein you may apply 'mix-ups' can prove to be an advantageous strategy when facing an opponent for whom you cannot readily find a weakness in their game to exploit. The more you can take yourself out of your comfort zone when in training, the more likely you will find a way to defeat a complicated opponent in competition.