Are there any sports psychologists out there who can help out with this?
Some people on this forum have strongly advocated for imposing negative reinforcement on players who fumble the ball, i.e., benching them for the rest of the season, amputating a finger for each fumble, inflicting abject humiliation and mockery, etc.
Well, I'm no psychologist, but that doesn't seem like it would work very well. It would be like if my wife tried to shame me into stopping drinking. It seems like that would only make me want a drink.
Or if you had a basketball coach who told you in no uncertain terms not to think about whether you inhaled or exhaled when you tried to make a free throw, how could you not think about that? And what would your free throw percentage be?
But what do you folks think? Does being stressed about fumbling make you fumble more? Or less? I honestly don't know. Would reverse psychology work, such as having a contest to see who could fumble the ball the most? Maybe Coach Hauck should just laugh about it!
What is your prescription, Doctor?
Some people on this forum have strongly advocated for imposing negative reinforcement on players who fumble the ball, i.e., benching them for the rest of the season, amputating a finger for each fumble, inflicting abject humiliation and mockery, etc.
Well, I'm no psychologist, but that doesn't seem like it would work very well. It would be like if my wife tried to shame me into stopping drinking. It seems like that would only make me want a drink.
Or if you had a basketball coach who told you in no uncertain terms not to think about whether you inhaled or exhaled when you tried to make a free throw, how could you not think about that? And what would your free throw percentage be?
But what do you folks think? Does being stressed about fumbling make you fumble more? Or less? I honestly don't know. Would reverse psychology work, such as having a contest to see who could fumble the ball the most? Maybe Coach Hauck should just laugh about it!
What is your prescription, Doctor?