
Why do athletes choke under pressure?
All In The Mind
Understanding Anxiety and Performance Pressure in Sports
This chapter explores how normalizing common anxieties and self-doubts can improve sports performance by reframing anxiety symptoms as helpful responses to enhance athletic abilities, highlighting that bodily reactions like heightened heart rate and nausea can actually optimize performance under pressure.
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