Performance under pressure in skill tasks: An analysis of professional darts

Understanding and predicting how individuals perform in high-pressure situations is of importance in designing and managing workplaces. We investigate performance under pressure in professional darts as a near-ideal setting with no direct interaction between players and a high number of observations...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2020-02, Vol.15 (2), p.e0228870-e0228870
Hauptverfasser:	Ötting, Marius, Deutscher, Christian, Schneemann, Sandra, Langrock, Roland, Gehrmann, Sebastian, Scholten, Hendrik
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Athletic Performance - physiology Athletic Performance - psychology Athletic Performance - statistics & numerical data Audiences Biology and Life Sciences Darts (Game) Explicit knowledge Human performance Humans Memory Models, Psychological Models, Statistical Motor Skills - physiology Performance prediction Physical Sciences Pressure Psychological aspects Psychology Setting (Literature) Skills Social aspects Social pressure Social Sciences Sport science Sports - psychology Sports - statistics & numerical data Stress, Psychological Success Workplaces
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Zusammenfassung:	Understanding and predicting how individuals perform in high-pressure situations is of importance in designing and managing workplaces. We investigate performance under pressure in professional darts as a near-ideal setting with no direct interaction between players and a high number of observations per subject. Analyzing almost one year of tournament data covering 32,274 dart throws, we find no evidence in favor of either choking or excelling under pressure.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0228870