A Psychological Analysis of Athletic Performance Slumps

There are very few people that can say they've gone through their entire athletic career without ever experiencing defeat. It is only natural to have days and events where you do not perform your best, but what happens when these "temporary losses of form" don't seem to disappear? When an athlete is going through a period of poor performance the media refers to it as a "slump". Each athlete's slump is unique, but they all involve a decline in the expected performance. There has been much debate over the causes and solutions to performance slumps. …