Name: What makes elite athletes thrive or dive under pressure? | The Economist
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it's not just skill and athleticism that count.

Psychology is now seen as increasingly vital to winning.

just as valuable as a strength and conditioning coach.

the difference between success and failure

is one of the oldest and most prestigious events

there will be 100,000 people standing on the bank.

That is something you just can't get your head around

How the rowers cope with that intense pressure

can make the difference between glory and failure.

The Cambridge women's team have won the last two races

and this woman has been one of the secrets of their success.

has worked on specific techniques to help the team

at the most mentally testing moments in the race.

When the pain kicks in, they have trigger words

As training for the 2019 race intensifies,

just trying to keep up with teammates is mentally grueling.

Trying to make those crews is huge pressure.

people who compete at world championships

and then I work on my PhD and I'm trying to keep up with

people that I feel are so much smarter than me.

Focus on certain things with their thinking

that's going to help them with their performance

rather than focusing on the uncertainties

is an ever-growing obsession in professional sport.

that sports psychologists are constantly trying to answer.

at the world's leading sports science university,

What is the reaction that individuals go through

and how does that contribute to how they perform?

Okay and James, if you just try to relax as much as you can.

It compared the physiological reactions of athletes

A group of aspiring professional cricketers

and would decide who makes the team and who doesn't.

hit the test for six, and scored the runs.

And most of them went into what psychologists call

which opens up my arteries, which means there's blood,

glucose, and oxygen going around my body,

on a stickier wicket, and failed to make the runs.

They mostly entered the so-called threat state.

the release of cortisol, which constricts

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What makes elite athletes thrive or dive under pressure? | The Economist

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