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Performance Anxiety & athlete well being

Below are the best resources we could find on Performance Anxiety and athlete well being.

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Fight Your Fear and Win: Seven Skills for Performing Your Best Under Pressure—at Work, in Sports, on Stage

We’ve all been there: that make-it-or-break-it moment of our careers—on the brink of a deal, poised at the starting gate, under the spotlight.

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Sports Psychology for Performance Anxiety

If feelings of nervousness, anxiety or fear interfere with your sports performance, learning to use a few tips from sports psychology may help you get your anxiety under control and reduce game-day nerves.

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4 Ways to Overcome Sports Performance Anxiety

It’s important to get performance anxiety under control so athletes can perform with less stress and ultimately, to their best ability. This article will outline how to get over performance anxiety.

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How to Stay Calm Under Pressure—Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen

Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most.

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Under Pressure: Why Athletes Choke

What makes an elite sports star suddenly unable to do the very thing they have been practising for years? And is there anything they can do about it?

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Playing with Confidence—How to Overcome Sports Performance Anxiety

So, what’s the big deal about “game day” anyway? Why do we let ourselves get so worked up about it? Instinctively, we understand what it is that makes us so nervous, but it can be hard to put it into words.

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Op-Ed: Are Youth Sports Harming Our Kids’ Mental Health?

Evidence suggests that as young people compete more intensely in sports, gains in mental wellness may be replaced by mental health challenges particular to competitive athletics.

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Why Athletes Choke Under Pressure | Sports Psychology | Optimal Level of Arousal

This video uses sports psychology theories to explain why athletes choke under pressure. In order to perform under pressure, athletes must find and attain their own optimal level of anxiety.

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6 Proven Strategies for Crushing Athletic Performance Anxiety

Use your race day jitters to fuel, not derail, you.

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A Fighter’s Guide to Performance Anxiety | Stacey Copeland | TEDxRNCM

Performance anxiety can fuel our biggest successes, or cause our perceived failures; learning how to overcome the demons of self-doubt can be key to achieving our dreams. Stacey Copeland (@scopelandboxer) is an elite athlete who has represented her country in both boxing and football.

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