Predicts a dramatic performance drop when high cognitive anxiety meets excessive physiological arousal.

Suggests performance peaks at a moderate level of arousal and declines thereafter.

Explains performance failure via conscious control of automatic, well-learned physical movements.

Posits that athletes have unique, individualized bandwidths of state anxiety for peak performance.

Proposes a linear relationship where higher arousal always leads to better performance.

An acute, significant decrement in performance that occurs under high pressure.

High arousal narrows focus, causing athletes to miss important peripheral cues.