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Old 10-04-2011, 04:50 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by troutman View Post
Somewhere I saw a detailed analysis on "clutch" athletes by a statistician, and it was discovered they are no more likely to succeed in the clutch, than other times. I think they were looking specifically at NBA players.
Yep, It's pretty much all BS like a lot of things in sports. Once it becomes commonly accepted that a guy is "clutch" any time he makes a big play in a big moment it will reinforce the belief, but when he fails in the same situation it will more or less be ignored.
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