11 –Performing & Choking Under Pressure

We have all seen it.  A great athlete has a chance to win a
championship.  All that is required for them to do something
they have done hundreds of times before…sink a 3 foot putt, make
a free throw, kick a 20 year field goal. And they miss!  In
this episode I explore the fascinating topic of choking under
pressure. Why do some athletes excel in these situations while
others fail?  What causes choking and want can an athlete do
to prevent it?


Research confessions: Choking under pressure while talking
about choking under pressure


 


 Links to articles discussed:


Test anxiety and direction of attention


Choking under pressure: self-consciousness and paradoxical
effects of incentives on skillful performance


Paradoxical effects of supportive audiences on performance under
pressure: The home field disadvantage in sports championships


Thoughts and attention of athletes under pressure: skill-focus or
performance worries?


Attending to the Execution of a Complex Sensorimotor Skill:
Expertise Differences, Choking, and Slumps


On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking
under pressure?


Knowledge, Knerves and Know-How - the Role of Explicit Versus
Implicit Knowledge in the Breakdown of a Complex Motor Skill
under Pressure


Changes in putting kinematics associated with choking and
excelling under pressure


The influence of anxiety on visual attentional control in
basketball free throw shooting


Quiet Eye Training: Effects on Learning and Performance Under
Pressure


Choking under pressure: the neuropsychological mechanisms of
incentive-induced performance decrements


 


More information:


http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


Twitter: @Shakeywaits


Email: robgray@asu.edu


 


Credits:


 The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


Bellevue – Pressure


Eric & Magill – Don’t Worr


Wyldlife – She’s Making Me Nervous


Mouthbreathers - Anxiety


John Collins – Watching Over Me


Farmertan – Ugly Truth


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