“Challenge and threat states, performance, and attentional control during a pressurized soccer penalty task.” – Jack Brimmell et al.

When faced with pressure, athletes are expected to thrive. However, stress can have divergent effects on the performance of athletes, with some rising to the occasion and excelling, and others struggling to cope and failing.

– Brimmell et al. (3)

In this study, Jack Brimmell and colleagues shed more light on the relationship between psychophysiological reactions to stress and sports performance, offering a novel investigation of the assumptions of the integrative framework of stress, attention, and visuomotor performance.

encouraging athletes to respond to stress in a manner consistent with a challenge state might benefit performance.

– Brimmell et al. (26)

This paper can be read here.