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Expert athletes often talk about getting in "the zone", when they stop thinking about what they're doing it and just ''do it''. This usually leads to nigh balletic performances when they go above and beyond and win the '''[[This Is Sparta|god. Damn. SUPER BOWL.]]'''

Choking occurs when, instead of getting in the zone and shutting off the thinking, the expert starts thinking about what he's doing. He starts trying to control ''everything'', trying to account for every last variable. He gets in his head and because there's just too much to think about, he can't do anything. Paralysis by analysis. Similar to the [[~~Centipedes~~ Dilemma]].

Choking occurs when, instead of getting in the zone and shutting off the thinking, the expert starts thinking about what he's doing. He starts trying to control ''everything'', trying to account for every last variable. He gets in his head and because there's just too much to think about, he can't do anything. Paralysis by analysis. Similar to the [[Centipede's Dilemma]].

== Film ==

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Rainbow Dash has this issue, particularly when her idols, the Wonderbolts, are involved. For instance, in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E16 Sonic Rainboom|"Sonic Rainboom"]], she enters into a big stunt flying competition for which the Wonderbolts are judges. However, her inability to pull off the titular move a second time (after pulling it off ''once'' as a young filly) while practicing gives her pause for thought, which quickly snowballs into panic, and eventually leaves her practically catatonic with fear. {{spoiler|Then she has to save Rarity ''and'' the 'Bolts from falling to their death, and Rainbooms without even thinking about it.}}

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Rainbow Dash has this issue, particularly when her idols, the Wonderbolts, are involved. For instance, in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E16 Sonic Rainboom|"Sonic Rainboom"]], she enters into a big stunt flying competition for which the Wonderbolts are judges. However, her inability to pull off the titular move a second time (after pulling it off ''once'' as a young filly) while practicing gives her pause for thought, which quickly snowballs into panic, and eventually leaves her practically catatonic with fear. {{spoiler|Then she has to save Rarity ''and'' the 'Bolts from falling to their death, and Rainbooms without even thinking about it.}}

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