Do you think everyone will enjoy success? After all, the function brings opportunities, honors, and responsibilities.
However, the fear of keeping successful and the fear of flying high and falling badly sometimes weighs deeply on the shoulders of the players.
If you often pay attention to professional competitions, especially LPGA events, it is not difficult to find that they often do not do long on the throne of the world number one, and they are squeezed out by others before they sit hot, why?
Because as the first, the pressure and burden of constant victory, the needs of the media and the expectations of the public will overwhelm them and make them cold in the heights.
Dr. Bruce Ogway, an early eminent sports psychologist, suggested five reasons why athletes fear success. And these five points still apply today.
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The first is the fear that after success, you will distance yourself from your less successful friends and partners.
Sports psychologist Brett McCabe once collaborated with a European player who once told him: "Victory is not something to be proud of. On the contrary, the victory won one step ahead of the companion will make others laugh at it. ”
In some groups, it is the last word to win all the glory. Personal success is never something to boast about, so winning can put pressure on him.
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The second is the guilt of the competitive state, some players do not like to be in a fierce competitive environment, they are worried that the aggressive self will disappoint family and friends. So they choose to run away and stop moving.
Such examples are common among adolescents, especially girls. They are innocent and kind, and they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so they choose to deliberately make mistakes or have reservations, which is also a typical manifestation of fear of success.
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The third reason is very important, and that is the fear of young people today to realize their potential, because that will mean change, to become a new self, which is also common in young golfers.
If they are grouped, there will inevitably be some good players going in a higher direction, and some players with slower learning progress will be left behind, and the friendship will be dimmed.
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The fourth point is the fear of surpassing their hero, whether that hero is their brother or friend. Once you find that the benchmark figure in your mind has been defeated by yourself, it is inevitable that you will be lost.
A prime example is American football star Barry Sanders, who refused to break the record of his idol, Walter Pace, who, despite years of his death, was reluctant to surpass his idol and chose to retire.
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Fifth, many times a success means that you must continue to succeed in the future, there can be no failure, and the pressure to maintain the upper hand again and again makes athletes dare not slacken off. A little carelessness is enough to destroy the athlete's previous performance, which is also the struggle and fear faced by many young players.
They are afraid of failing to live up to the expectations and trust of others. Under the trust of the crowd is often the failure, the habit of taking the posture of a loser, and the occasional success makes the players feel more acceptable.
More importantly, standing in the position of failure, any kind of consequences can be accepted, and with the belief of victory, if it is tragically waterloo, what will the team members think of me? Wouldn't it be more disappointing?
Many players will feel that the results achieved at that time are the best limit they can do, do not feel that they still have potential to tap, and are not willing to sacrifice for it.