In my last article about sports performance anxiety, I discussed how fear of failure is closely tied to choking and under performance in athletes. And if you don’t perform as well in competition as you do in practice, you are most likely afraid to fail or anxious at some level. But how does your performance change when you go from practice to competition. You want to look at this closely as this will give you clues as to the source of your performance anxiety. Where does choking and performance anxiety for athletes come from? I’ve already said I think it’s largely based on fear of … [Read more...]