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Performing Under Pressure

An interesting mental golf study has recently been undertaken into the affects of pressure situations on golfers.

Birmingham University student Andrew Cooke presented some fascinating research to the British Psychological Society’s Division of Sport and Exercise inaugural conference today, identifying why as sports players, many of us tend to wilt under pressure.
Most of us have experienced, if not witnessed, what some in the media have termed as ‘choking’ or ‘bottling’ in a competitive situation and Andrew says he has the symptoms, if not the cure. Cont………
 
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