A Psychology professor has stated that confidence is a task of brain, and trusts South Africa‘s determination of not to take a mental coach to the International Cricket Council World Cup 2015 could put the team into unwanted pressure.
Head of the Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing at the North West University, Professor Pieter Kruger believes that absence of mental coach could also put unwanted extra pressure on captain AB De Villiers.
Sport24 reported, that over the years, the Proteas have structured a belief of chokers after consistently unsuccessful to perform well in crucial World Cup knockout matches.
Professor Pieter Kruger stated that confidence is a function of brain and he added precursory experiences, which they call ‘social heritage’, could have a heavy effect on an individual or group’s performances.
The professor claimed that under high pressure circumstances, the human brain’s limbic system invokes the ‘stress hormone’ cortisol, which can have a direct negative effect on motor skills, as it triggers the ‘fight or flight response’ which could negatively affect a player’s motivation, execution, and emotions.
Professor Pieter Kruger demanded forcefully that it is there where ‘choking’ happens when negative emotions and thought of previous unsatisfactory experiences start dominating ones thoughts.
Kruger said that Ab De Villiers impressed him, but said that the captain would be placed under huge pressure at the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, starting from 14th February.
Kruger said that De Villiers’ role as skipper would be censorious to South Africa’s success because the captain is in charge of implementing many communication processes to help the players to focus on their process aims.