How to keep success from leading to expectations

A common theme I see in athletes I work with is success leading to expectations, which develops into stress, resulting in them underperforming in games.

But shouldn't success lead to more success? Shouldn't it generate high level feelings of confidence and trust, knowing they've done it before so they can do it again...yeah, sometimes.

But other times success leads to fear and worry. They need to prove to themselves and others that it wasn't a fluke. That they can play like that again and again.

They may also feel like they can't go backwards, otherwise they'll never get to that level of success again.

Instead of allowing the success they've experienced to increase their confidence and lead to trust, the athlete can feel as though they are walking on eggshells.

It's not a matter of, "I know I can perform well", as much as it's, "I hope I can keep this up."

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