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  • Sports Psychology
  • Performance Analysis

Background:

  • Understanding performance errors and choking is crucial in sports.
  • Previous research has explored factors influencing choking under pressure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate basketball players' perceptions of performance errors and choking.
  • To identify conditions under which errors are perceived as choking.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty-three basketball players evaluated performance error scenarios.
  • Participants rated performance decline, choking instances, and attributions for errors.
  • Scenarios varied by game-time, score gap, and game half.

Main Results:

  • Choking perception was highest in the second half, particularly the beginning.
  • Performance decline perception followed a similar trend.
  • Late second-half errors were attributed to time pressure and lack of concentration.

Conclusions:

  • A framework linking performance decline to choking perception is supported.
  • Errors are perceived as choking when no clear external reason is apparent.
  • Game-time context significantly influences the interpretation of performance errors.