Face your Fears: Choking Under Pressure Is Every Athlete's Worst Nightmare

This term refers to the failure to perform well during a key moment in athletics

• Strangling

• Choking

• Failing

• Sinking

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

Athletes who avoid choking tend to focus on the _____, while those who choke focus on the _____.

• outcome, next step

• audience, judge

• next step, outcome

• judge, audience

"As soon as you start focusing on the _____, you're dead."

• rules

• ball

• positive

• negative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which attitude helped Wilkinson win the gold?

• stress

• anxiety

• calm

• lazy

If you don't face your fears, what could happen at the most important time?

• choke

• cry

• fall down

• win

What does consequence mean?

• an outcome

• a reward

• happiness

• nervousness

What is a technique?

• a way you feel

• a way you act

• a way to do something

• a way you think

"Shank" has to do with which sport?

• swimming

• diving

• triathlons

• golf

If you have bad experience with a sports competition you should

• quit that sport

• keep it in perspective

• have a tantrum

• tell the judges they are wrong

The central idea for this text is

• winning is the only thing that matters

• it is possible to overcome fear and succeed

• friends will still appreciate you if you lose

• you should always throw a tantrum when you fail

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.2