Why Thinking Too Much Can Damage Your Performance In Sports

Photo: Handicap: A study of golfers found that the better players used less brainpower

From The Daily Mail:

If you're struggling to improve your golf swing or strengthen your backhand, it may be that you are giving it too much thought.

A study shows that the masters of sport use less grey matter when in action than novices.

A group of good golfers were shown pictures of potential shots and asked how they would play them, undergoing brain scans as they responded. The process was repeated with poorer players.

With the better players, very little of the brain was lit up except for the areas that deal with choices and consequences.

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