Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Leader Board, Eye Tracking, Motor Coordination
18 Apr 2018
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Athletes who view specific scenarios as a threat perform vastly different then athletes who view a similar scenario as a challenge . Looking at penalty kick shootouts in professional soccer, studied the conversion rate of penalty takers who were kicking the final shot of a penalty shootout. Jordet and hartman found that in the first scenario, when missing the kick would cause the team to lose, professional players only converted 62% of those shots. However, when conversion would result in a win, kickers were successful 92% of the time! Same kick, same distance, same target, but a 30% improvement when the player was shooting to win, and not shooting to lose. Most athletes and coaches would agree that choking happens when you are firmly in command of your performance or the competition and you lose because of a change in your mental state.
