Studio 2014-03-28 Multi Group Report-1. How sports psychologists can save you from choking. Kenny Perry could taste history.
He had a two-shot lead with two holes to go at the 2009 Masters - all he had to do was not make any big mistakes and he would become, at 48, the oldest Masters champion in history. For three days at Augusta, he had played the best golf of his life: on the first 70 holes, he made only four bogeys. But then, at the 71st hole, everything started to fall apart. It began with his approach shot, which sailed left over the green. On the next shot, Perry watched as his chip and run went horribly awry and the ball raced downhill, past the hole and off the green. The psychology of choking. Bounce: How Champions Are Made by Matthew Syed - a Book Review by Rachel Fanshawe. I was slightly disappointed that there wasn't a single book for me under the tree this Christmas, especially as I'd been relying on it for my holiday reading.
Luckily my husband had packed several, and top of the pile was Bounce : How Champions are Made by Matthew Syed. It proved to be both enjoyable and stimulating, and a book that I would highly recommend.