Investigating on "Choking" Experience of Basketball Players Based on Competitive Situations and Skilled Levels

Based on the Choking theory,this paper makes the exploration of basketball player’s Choking experience with the competitive situations and different skill levels in order to provide the evidence from sport event for Choking studies.By investigating 97 basketball players with the open-questionnaire,the qualitative analysis showed that 7 kinds of competitive situations were most likely to cause Choking,and the participants reported that most of them frequently experienced over-stress,depression,anxiety,irritability,and extra efforts.According to the training period,age and skill level,the 97 basketball players were divided into skilled,intermediate-skilled,and junior athletes.A following up analysis showed that skilled athletes reported their Choking experience by increasing extra efforts and irritability,while intermediate-skilled and junior athletes reported over-stress followed by anxiety.Meanwhile,the chi-square test showed that there were different Choking experiences among the skilled,intermediate-skilled and junior athletes.A further analysis showed that extra effort was most likely to cause Choking in the skilled athletes.These results are discussed in this paper.