Is your child feeling the pressures of a team or individual sport? Here are some tips on helping them handle the pressure.
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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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This video is about the dual nature of perfectionism in sports: Relationships with emotion, motivation, and performance.
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In Chapter 14 of 23 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, author and public speaker Simon Sinek answers “What Does It Mean to Perform Under Pressure in the Work that You Do?” Sinek notes how performing under pressure is the same for him as it is for anyone else—meeting deadlines, hitting...
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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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.