Your Name October 13, 2016 Short Response page 12 The central idea of the magazine article, Your “Face Fears: Choking Under Pressure is Every Athlete’s Worst Nightmare” by Dana Hudepohl is that it is possible to overcome fear and succeed. In the article, Laura Wilkinson, a diver at the Sydney Olympics, realized that, are more important things than fear.” By doing “There this, she was able to win gold. In another example from the text, Barb Lindquist, a swimmer at the US Open, came in last at her first meet because she allowed herself to lose focus. Since then, she repeats to herself while swimming the words, and strong.” In 2000 she was “long seventh in the world.” Clearly, Lindquist has “ranked overcome her fear and succeeded.
Your Name October 13, 2016 Short Response page 12 The central idea of the magazine article, “Face Your Fears: Choking Under Pressure is Every Athlete’s Worst Nightmare” by Dana Hudepohl is that it is possible to overcome fear and succeed. In the article, Laura Wilkinson, a diver at the Sydney Olympics, realized that, “There are more important things than fear.” By doing this, she was able to win gold. In another example from the text, Barb Lindquist, a swimmer at the US Open, came in last at her first meet because she allowed herself to lose focus. Since then, she repeats to herself while swimming the words, “long and strong.” In 2000 she was “ranked seventh in the world.” Clearly, Lindquist has overcome her fear and succeeded.
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