Fairway Case Study
Choking in Sports
Angela, an avid golfer whose scores usually hovered above ninety, saw her chance to break through into the eighties as she approached the par-four 18th hole. She only needed to shoot a bogey to achieve a career-record 89. Reaching the green in regulation, she four-putted and carded a double bogey, missing her target score by a mere one stroke.
Tracie, a fairly new golfer, had completed a set of lessons and a few rounds on the green when her instructor convinced her to take part in an amateur ladies ' tournament. She told herself to just keep her first shot in the fairway so as not to embarrass herself in front of her more experienced flight-mates. On the first tee, she yanked three drives out of bounds and felt herself dissolve into jelly. …show more content…
L., & Carr, T. H. (2001). On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking under pressure? Journal of Experimental Psychology, 130(4), 701-725.
Butler, J. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (1998). The trouble with friendly faces: skilled performance with a supportive audience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(5), 1213-1230.
Glover, T., & Higgs, P. (2000). Fairway to Heaven. Victors and Victims of Golf’s Choking Game (2nd ed.). Edinburg and London: Mainstream Publishing. Lewis, B. P., & Linder, D. E. (1997). Thinking about choking? Attentional processes and paradoxical performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23(9), 937-944.
Linder, D., Lutz, R., Crews, D., & Lochbaum, M. (1998). Who chokes and when? Situational and dispositional factors in failure under pressure. In: M. R. Farrally and A. J. Cockran (Eds.), Science and Golf III: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf (pp. 207-212). St Andrew. Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics.
Nideffer, R. M., & Sagal, M. (1998). Concentration and attention control training. In: Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance (3rd ed.). J. M. Williams, ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing
Angela, an avid golfer whose scores usually hovered above ninety, saw her chance to break through into the eighties as she approached the par-four 18th hole. She only needed to shoot a bogey to achieve a career-record 89. Reaching the green in regulation, she four-putted and carded a double bogey, missing her target score by a mere one stroke.
Tracie, a fairly new golfer, had completed a set of lessons and a few rounds on the green when her instructor convinced her to take part in an amateur ladies ' tournament. She told herself to just keep her first shot in the fairway so as not to embarrass herself in front of her more experienced flight-mates. On the first tee, she yanked three drives out of bounds and felt herself dissolve into jelly. …show more content…
L., & Carr, T. H. (2001). On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking under pressure? Journal of Experimental Psychology, 130(4), 701-725.
Butler, J. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (1998). The trouble with friendly faces: skilled performance with a supportive audience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(5), 1213-1230.
Glover, T., & Higgs, P. (2000). Fairway to Heaven. Victors and Victims of Golf’s Choking Game (2nd ed.). Edinburg and London: Mainstream Publishing. Lewis, B. P., & Linder, D. E. (1997). Thinking about choking? Attentional processes and paradoxical performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23(9), 937-944.
Linder, D., Lutz, R., Crews, D., & Lochbaum, M. (1998). Who chokes and when? Situational and dispositional factors in failure under pressure. In: M. R. Farrally and A. J. Cockran (Eds.), Science and Golf III: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf (pp. 207-212). St Andrew. Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics.
Nideffer, R. M., & Sagal, M. (1998). Concentration and attention control training. In: Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance (3rd ed.). J. M. Williams, ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing