“The law dictates that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point. When levels of arousal become too high, performance decreases.”
Reminds me when I practiced athletics and had my first competition. I couldn’t for my life do anything right… Dropped out of the endurance race, had a false start on the sprint and threw the weight in the wrong direction.
The worst was the high jump. During practice I was doing really well by being able to clear 1.9 meters (6.2 feet) but during the competition I was not even able to clear 1.4 meters (4.6 feet)… performance anxiety is very real!
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