How Controlled Breathing Helps Elite Athletes — And You Can Benefit From It Too

How Controlled Breathing Helps Elite Athletes — And You Can Benefit From It Too by By David Shearer, University of South Wales via Natural Blaze Professional sport is full of stories of elite athletes “choking” emotionally and mentally under the pressure of competition. One famous example is golfer Greg Norman, who was leading the 1994 US Masters by six strokes at the beginning of the final round, but then lost by five strokes to Nick Faldo. And England football teams are well known for their struggles in penalty shoot outs. But the occasion I remember…

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