
Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most. Why does this happen, and what can we do to avoid it? Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen explain why we choke under pressure.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TED Ed
Keywords
- educational
- short film
Top Cast
Pen-Pen Chen as Narrator (voice)
Top Crew

Olesya Shchukina · Director, Writer
Pen-Pen Chen · Story
Noa Kageyama · Story
Stephen LaRosa · Composer
Gerta Xhelo · Producer
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