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Responding Under Pressure: How Competitive Players Learn To Perform When It Matters The Most
By: Robert Linville
As players improve, pressure often increases—not because something is wrong, but because expectations quietly change.
In Responding Under Pressure, Robert Linville introduces the Law of Deserving—the belief that effort should guarantee outcome—and explains why it becomes one of the most powerful sources of pressure for improving players. As preparation deepens and investment grows, mistakes no longer feel random. They begin to feel unjust. And when results feel unjust, pressure intensifies.
Rather than trying to eliminate pressure, this book helps players understand where it comes from and how to respond to it skillfully. Linville shows how pressure is shaped not by difficulty alone, but by meaning—by the stories players tell themselves about effort, results, identity, and fairness.