World Cup or not, high performers get these 3 things wrong about pressure

If you have watched a goalkeeper face a penalty kick, you know you are watching 0.3 seconds of pure attentional reckoning. The goalkeeper who dives before the ball is struck did not panic or fail to lean on their training. Their attention was misplaced. The stress of the situation pulled their attentional system toward irrelevant information, triggering a highly instinctive reaction before the moment had even arrived. I have watched this pattern repeat itself for nearly two decades working...