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Article: Superstitious behavior in sport: levels of effectiveness and determinants of use in three collegiate sports.
- Article from:
- Journal of Sport Behavior
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
- Author:
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From professional athletic organizations to the local little league team, the use of superstitious behavior in sport is evident from numerous TV and newspaper reports covering athletics. These rituals can come in the form of ice baths before a football game to listening to a certain song before a gymnastics event. Athletes may have lucky charms that inspire them during the contest or they may repeat a secret phrase known only to them before shooting a free throw. Other superstitious behaviors related to food, pre and post-game activity, clothing, and behavior during competition are prevalent in all major sports (Buhrmann, Brown, and Zaugg, 1982). Superstitious behaviors in ...
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