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Pressure. It can turn years of expertise, practise and dreams of career-affirming glory into a sporting nightmare. Faced with a high-pressure moments, the doubts can suddenly outweigh muscle memory, the sweaty palms create the fear of slipping both physically and mentally.Following a weekend where we saw Lewis Hamilton win the U.S. Grand Prix, Jose Mourinhos Manchester United side capitulate under pressure at Chelsea while the All Blacks embraced the expectation as they recorded their 18th straight win, we look at what it takes to excel in the face of sporting adversity using the help of sports psychologist and ex-England cricketer Jeremy Snape.To celebrate the release of Disney Marvels Doctor Strange on Tuesday, with the help of Sporting Edge founder Snape, we explore how sport stars use their mind to control the potential outcome and not the other way around?The first tee shot at the Ryder CupI have never felt as nervous over a golf shot as that first tee shot in The Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. -- Rory McIlroySnape: The best golfers will pick out a patch of light on the fairway, or that patch of grass by a TV tower or something and aim for that rather than thinking of the hazards to avoid. They imagine a circle or hula-hoop around the ball and go through a number of considerations over what they are aiming for while they are standing outside it.Its only when they are 100 percent clear that they step into the imaginary circle around the golf ball that they are ready to hit the shot. They use counting techniques and breathing techniques to make sure theyre in the moment and theyre not thinking about the swing. That switches off the analytical part of the brain and the breathing techniques keep you in that moment so you are doing it instinctively rather than mechanically.Penalty shootoutSnape: We had an interesting experience with Crystal Palace with the penalty shootout. Part of it is doing your homework on the goalkeeper or some of it will be pressure testing yourself over what may derail you. The goalkeeper may try to put you off by throwing the ball away from you which gives you more time to think. Or the goalkeeper stands on his line and hands the ball to you so you have to fetch it.These are mind games so you want to be able to predict what they are and respond rationally to them rather than getting unsettled and emotional. You practise those in training. And you concentrate on your hitting your target -- so if the goalkeeper leaps like a salmon, you know you couldnt have done anymore.Rugby World Cup-winning kickSnape: When Jonny Wilkinson is kicking from the tee, the four or five steps back and the two steps to the left means he is going through a mental routine.Id be thinking there about you wanting to hit the target rather than worrying about the trophy. If the trophy comes in then you are either thinking about winning and the glory or missing and then you are distracted by thoughts of shame. This is where their thinking routines insulate them from the pressure. The kicker is aiming for someone behind the posts and looking to drop the ball on their lap. Your brain responds best to a specific target.Wimbledon Championships-winning serveSnape: Top players go and fetch the ball from the ball boy at the back of the court and count the steps back in their mind. There are two competing types of self-talk. On one hand you have, Oh its match point, Ive never won Wimbledon, this is massive, and theyre wondering whether theyre going to choke. This is a natural doubt but the champions create routines to treat it like its any other point and focus on the execution of their skills.Theyll count their steps to the back -- one, two, three -- ball please. Then one, two as the ball is bouncing, then theyll rotate the ball on their palm and while theyre spinning the ball around, thats their strategy time. Theyll be looking at a small mark on the court and aiming for that. When theyre 100 percent clear on that, theyll knock one back to the ball boy.Then when theyre bouncing the ball theyll probably have their own focus words like strong or clear -- theyre the key processes which bring their focus back to execution. When you see someone go off into their own world, thats the place theyve gone. They are trying to focus on their match point in exactly the same way that they approach their third serve in training on a Tuesday.The 100m Olympic finalSnape: Everyone will have their approach -- look at [1997 documentary] Living with the Lions, or something like that where you get an insight into the different styles in the changing room. There are those sitting, reading a programme while others are wrestling and some are being sick.Taking that onto the 100m track, is Usain Bolt nervous? Yes but the showmanship is probably his way of dealing with it -- the swagger is a way of dealing with it. 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Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. WASHINGTON -- For the first time since his knee surgery in May, John Wall played in back-to-back games, and the result was a rare win for the Washington Wizards.Wall scored 23 points and had 11 assists and Otto Porter added 21 points as the Wizards won for just the third time in 11 games, beating the New York Knicks 119-112 on Thursday night.Wall sat out games in the first two Washington back-to-backs this season, and the Wizards lost both times.After Wednesday nights disheartening loss to the 76ers where Wall played 24 minutes, Washington coach Scott Brooks felt his star guard was ready to go again.There was going to be a time during the season where he was going to have to play back-to-back, Brooks said. The way he was progressing during the last four or five weeks, we felt that it was a good time.Brooks didnt want to play Wall more than 32 minutes, and when the Wizards opened up a 27-point lead late in the third quarter, it looked as if Wall could play much less than that.But New York scored 47 points in the fourth quarter, and Brooks put Wall back in the game in the final minutes.Once the Knicks went on a 12-0 run to cut the lead to 108-98 with 2:37 to play, Wall secured the win with two late baskets and four free throws.New York was led by Derrick Rose with 27. Carmelo Anthony scored 19, and Kristaps Porzingis, who had a career-high 35 against Detroit on Wednesday night, was held to 16. Brandon Jennings had 15 of his season-high 17 points in the fourth quarter.WHAT WALL BRINGSBrooks liked much about Walls game.He had a major impact in the first half, and I think he only had two points, Brooks said. There are a few pllayers in the league that can impact a game with passing and defense, and hes one of them.ddddddddddddWall had been eager to test himself, and was confident he passed the test.I dont like to miss games. I felt like I could have played earlier, but it was just part of what the doctors plan was, Wall said.LACK OF EFFORTDespite the late fourth quarter charge, Rose didnt necessarily like what he saw from his teammates.Tonight was effort, Rose said. When we see someone down or we see someone where things are not clicking, thats when weve got to come together as a team. So its still early in the year. Weve still got a lot more games to play. It just takes time.DEFENSE LACKINGNew York allowed a season high in points and Washington shot 54.3 percent.Some of that is guys are wide open. Theres a few of them that were contested, but we looked like we were a little tired from last night and we werent getting all the way up on the guys. And to win on the road, youve got to play good defense, coach Jeff Hornacek said.TIP-INSKnicks: F Lance Thomas missed his third straight game with a sore left ankle. ... C Joakim Noah was assessed a technical foul midway through the third quarter. . Have lost 10 of last 11 to Washington.Wizards: Made a season-high 15 3-pointers. . G Bradley Beal returned after missing three games with a right hamstring injury and had 18 points.UP NEXTKnicks: Host Atlanta on Sunday. The Hawks have won six straight.Wizards: Host Miami on Saturday. Its the second of three consecutive home games. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jersyes Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '