Wrighty
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Intelligent people are more emotionally sensitive usually. So we are kind of agreeing but coming from different angles.Interesting postWrighty
So you’re saying mainly intelligent people choke because their brain is racing a thousand miles and hr?
I don’t think choking has anything to do with intelligence and more to do with how well you can control your emotions. Emotional people choke. Stoic people don’t. Stoic people have ice in their veins. It’s called Clutch.
My major point was different though. I don't think we should call it choking. We need to recognise the task at hand becomes very difficult under pressure and you need to acquire a gun kicker and a gun drop kick specialist in your team. You can't just pick the best 13 guys and give goal kicking to the person who is best at it out of those 13. You need a proper kicker. And you need to recruit a half who can drop kick in over time. You can't expect normal players to step up to being clutch.
I base all this analysis on my days as a being a premier division cricket player.