Why Dont Athletes Mistake When Under Pressure?

Why dont athletes “choke” when under pressure?

Have you ever been in a situation where you have recited your speech over and over again until perfection but as you gave the speech your mind went blank? Have you ever been 36ft away from the goal with your team relying on you to win the game from your penalty kick but you screwed it up and lost the game for your team? have you ever studied for a test for so long that you practically had everything memorized but when the day of the test came you forgot everything? its ok because i have too. it happens to everyone! so for my research project i decided to find out why you “choke under pressure, because it happens to everyone so I wanted to figure out a few secrets to handle those high pressure situations that everybody ends up in one day or another no matter who you are so in the next few paragraphs i will teach you a few secrets to use while you are playing soccer and or taking penalty kicks.

Practice makes perfect. we have all heard that practice makes perfect but when we get to the actual situation when we have to make the pk in order to win the game for your team you always seem to freeze up. …show more content…
clenching your fist? how can that help you ask? well scientists have proven that the left hemisphere of your brain controls rumination or worrying in our case and can interfere with motor skills, and the right hemisphere of your brain controls superior performance and automated behavior. but the left hemisphere also controls the right side of your body and the right controls your left side. so theoretically if you were to squeeze your left hand it would activate the right hemisphere of your brain which would reduce the likeliness of a soccer player to choke under pressure because you have activated the right hemisphere of your