12A - Sports Science Shorts: Icing the Kicker, The Effect of Waiting on High Pressure Performance

Does making an athlete wait longer to perform a high pressure
action (e.g., icing the kicker in football) increase the chance
of them choking?  If so, why does it occur?


 


Articles:


Haste does not always make waste: Expertise, direction of
attention, and speed versus accuracy in performing sensorimotor
skills


Pressure Kicks in the NFL: An Archival Exploration into the
Deployment of Timeouts and Other Environmental Correlates


 


More information:


http://perceptionaction.com/


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Twitter: @Shakeywaits


Email: robgray@asu.edu


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy


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