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Sport Performance Anxiety

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Handbook of Social and Evaluation Anxiety

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The role of anxiety in sport has been a topic of great interest to coaches, athletes, and researchers for many years. The fact that emotional and motivational factors can cause one athlete to “peak” in the crucible of competition while another falters or “chokes” is evident to anyone who has watched or participated in sports. Coaches speak of “Wednesday All-Americans” who cannot perform up their capabilities on Saturday game days because of debilitating effects of anxiety. Conversely, coaches and athletes sometimes express the view that anxiety facilitates performance.

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Smith, R.E., Smoll, F.L. (1990). Sport Performance Anxiety. In: Leitenberg, H. (eds) Handbook of Social and Evaluation Anxiety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2504-6_14

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