Why the Athlete’s Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake For junior and developing athletes, one mistake almost never ends with a single attempt. The reasons why it leads to the next mistake may differ. After a miss, a junior athlete is more likely to think that they have disappointed the […]
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Why the Athlete’s Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake Every coach has seen one mistake unexpectedly turn into a series. An athlete fires a wide shot, concedes an easy touch, disrupts the release, sends the ball in the wrong direction, or misses a stroke they would normally execute without difficulty.
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Why the Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake One mistake rarely remains just one. Not because an athlete loses their technique within a few seconds. After an unexpected error, attention changes. You fire a poor shot, disrupt the release, concede a touch, send the ball off line, throw a dart
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Why One Mistake Makes You Expect the Next One A mistake may be over within a few seconds. The shot has already been fired, the touch conceded, the arrow released, the ball sent off line, the dart thrown too low, or the ball missed. But in your mind, that mistake may continue for much longer.
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Why the Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake One mistake rarely remains just one. Not because an athlete suddenly forgets how to perform the movement or loses their technique within a few seconds. After an unexpected error, attention changes. You fire a poor shot, concede a touch, send the ball
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