Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 days agoThe Super Bowl Mentality
Preparing the nervous system, focusing on process, maintaining identity beyond outcomes, and prioritizing recovery enable better performance under pressure.
Littler's extraordinary immunity to pressure is fast reaching the stage where even peak-era Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal would be taking notes. In his quarter-final against Gerwyn Price, Littler looked down and out at times until he hit a 156 checkout to clinch the match. Against Humphries, it didn't matter that his three-dart average was more than a point lower as he won five of his six sets in final-leg deciders.