ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors discuss the nature of choking; the cause of choking; the factors that can encourage or discourage choking; how to alleviate/prevent choking; and finally, how to use the choking experience in a constructive manner. Golfing examples and golf psychology-specific literature will facilitate the discussion throughout, enabling golfers, coaches, caddies, and practitioners to understand in detail, the phenomenon of choking in sport, and appreciate the manner in which it can be prevented. Most importantly, analogy learning cannot be employed to prevent choking with golfers who have already accumulated explicit knowledge. In contrast, there were a number of golfers within the study who experienced highly destructive consequences, by engaging in brooding rumination shortly after choking and appraising the event negatively/self-critically. Moreover, the constructive and destructive consequences of choking have also been considered.
