There was an extract from philosopher David Papineau's forthcoming book 'Knowing the Score' in the papers this weekend, about the difference between choking and 'the yips' in sport, and the more general malaise from which they stem: 'not having your mind right'.
The book seems to be a collection of his blog posts, which have now been removed prior to publication of the book but a quick search threw up a longer version which attempts to describe the differences and what Habitualists perceive as requisite for high performance (habit more than reflection), and what Intellectualists perceive as requisite (the opposite): they're both right and both wrong according to Papineau.
Its an interesting read, and there seems to be quite a lot of material of this sort (the second link is to a more scholarly article and video discussing a third 'ism', and how top performers 'control their attention'). I'll have to reread it but I'm sure Bassham's Winning In Mind expounds similar ideas in practical terms.
Choking and the Yips (David Papineau)
Do We Reflect While Performing Skilful actions (Juan Pablo Berm?dez)
The book seems to be a collection of his blog posts, which have now been removed prior to publication of the book but a quick search threw up a longer version which attempts to describe the differences and what Habitualists perceive as requisite for high performance (habit more than reflection), and what Intellectualists perceive as requisite (the opposite): they're both right and both wrong according to Papineau.
Its an interesting read, and there seems to be quite a lot of material of this sort (the second link is to a more scholarly article and video discussing a third 'ism', and how top performers 'control their attention'). I'll have to reread it but I'm sure Bassham's Winning In Mind expounds similar ideas in practical terms.
Choking and the Yips (David Papineau)
Do We Reflect While Performing Skilful actions (Juan Pablo Berm?dez)