Christopher Mesagno
School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Australia
Citation
Mesagno, C. (2013). Performance under pressure. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 44(4), 263-266. doi:10.7352/IJSP.2013.44.263
Abstract
The ability to perform under competitive pressure is an important aspect of elite sport. Some athletes perform well and can deal with the pressure (i.e., clutch performance or excelling under pressure), while others succumb to choking under pressure (i.e., choking). Choking has been investigated for over 30 years with burgeoning of research in the past decade, yet, opposing choking on the performance under pressure continuum is “clutch” performance, which is in its infancy with only a few recent studies (Hill, Hanton, Matthews, & Fleming, 2010; Mesagno & Marchant, 2013; Otten, 2009) dedicating at least part of their investigation to the positive performance outcomes of clutch performances. To my knowledge, no journal has devoted a special issue that investigates the polar opposites of performance under pressure: choking and excelling under pressure
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