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When an athlete ‘freezes’ when placed in front of an audience, this is referred to as sports performance anxiety . When performing in front of an audience,the skill level of the athlete (and this occurs in all sports) is diminished due to insecurity and nervousness . Basically, fear of failure becomes overwhelming for the performer as performance anxiety sets in .As a result of which the ability to perform at an acceptable level is eliminated. So, the problem does not center on athletic skill as much as it deals with the psychological aspects of performing in front of a crowd.

Tips To Effectively Reduce Sports Performance Anxiety

One of the best tips to overcome performance anxiety in an athlete would be to surround the athlete by a number of screaming teammates who are ordered to heckle the athlete as he performs. No, this is not what you think about hazing as the heckling is really designed only to distract and not to insult. So from this minimal drill, the athlete learns to “tune out” a crowd and not succumb to anxiety derived from the audience.

This is only one example of a drill that can be performed and there are many others that can be employed too. The lesson here is that any type of sports performance anxiety can be treated and circumvented and it can be done easily and effectively in a short period of time.