State of mind: Understanding cognitive load in performance and injury rehabilitation

In the 1993 Wimbledon women’s final, Croatian sensation Jana Novotna led Steffi Graf 6-7, 6-1, 4-1, and required a single service point to go into a commanding 5-1 lead in the deciding set. Winning Wimbledon would be the biggest achievement of her career and propel her to tennis stardom. Then, inexplicably, Novotna double-faulted and lost the title.

In another example of a clutch moment gone wrong, long jumper Shi Yuhao had one last jump and an opportunity to score a dramatic win in a 2018 competition. He attacked his run-up with a fury, but something went wrong in his take-off stride, and instead of sailing to victory, he lay in the sandpit, clutching his ankle. Is there a link between these two accounts of failed performance?

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