T20 World Cup: Why South Africa continues to choke on ICC competitions
Jeremy Snap e, a mental skills coach who has worked with Crystal Palace and England Rugby, joins the BBC for a video call.
A victory over the lowest ranked team in the tournament will allow the Proteas to qualify for the semi-finals. finals.
Defeat, well, that probably won't happen, will it?
Our conversation focuses on the concept of choking, which Snape describes as "losing from a winning position, or lose a game you should win, as a result of psychological pressures and the weight of expectation".
We play with assumptions where South Africa needs 20 runs from the last 15 balls in the final against England.
This is now irrelevant. South Africa crashed out to a 13-point loss to a Dutch side made up of four South African-born players. It's just one more chapter in the radical tragicomedy that is Proteas at International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments.
And that's the point. This setback, as clear and upset as you will see, came with a degree of predictability.
2007 World Cup 50 plus semi-final defeats and 2015 hurt, as did the T20 World Cup semi-final defeats in 2009 and 2014. Since 1999, South Africa have also lost four Champions Trophy semi-finals.
"Is every defeat a choke??" asks Rogue, who worked with the Proteas between 2008 and 2011 in an effort to get rid of this unwanted baggage.
"It depends. Often a team is simply beaten by the best team. Even if you try your best it doesn't guarantee success.
"But perceptions and traits can stick to teams, even if these individuals were not implicated in past mistakes or chokeholds.
"It's similar to generational trauma. Things that happen to older generations can impact durable all the way."
Was Quinton de Kock thinking about batting Allan Donald in Edgbaston 23 years ago when he took over on Sunday? At some point in his disappointing performance, did Kagiso Rabada think back to the 2011 capitulation against New Zealand? It might have helped if they did.
"We spend thousands of hours in cricket throwing shots and talking about tactics but we very rarely talk about how the biggest opponent is in our own head," said former Gloucestershire all-rounder Snape. "The psychological component is the biggest hurdle for me.
"The first step in any.. .
Jeremy Snap e, a mental skills coach who has worked with Crystal Palace and England Rugby, joins the BBC for a video call.
A victory over the lowest ranked team in the tournament will allow the Proteas to qualify for the semi-finals. finals.
Defeat, well, that probably won't happen, will it?
Our conversation focuses on the concept of choking, which Snape describes as "losing from a winning position, or lose a game you should win, as a result of psychological pressures and the weight of expectation".
We play with assumptions where South Africa needs 20 runs from the last 15 balls in the final against England.
This is now irrelevant. South Africa crashed out to a 13-point loss to a Dutch side made up of four South African-born players. It's just one more chapter in the radical tragicomedy that is Proteas at International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments.
And that's the point. This setback, as clear and upset as you will see, came with a degree of predictability.
2007 World Cup 50 plus semi-final defeats and 2015 hurt, as did the T20 World Cup semi-final defeats in 2009 and 2014. Since 1999, South Africa have also lost four Champions Trophy semi-finals.
"Is every defeat a choke??" asks Rogue, who worked with the Proteas between 2008 and 2011 in an effort to get rid of this unwanted baggage.
"It depends. Often a team is simply beaten by the best team. Even if you try your best it doesn't guarantee success.
"But perceptions and traits can stick to teams, even if these individuals were not implicated in past mistakes or chokeholds.
"It's similar to generational trauma. Things that happen to older generations can impact durable all the way."
Was Quinton de Kock thinking about batting Allan Donald in Edgbaston 23 years ago when he took over on Sunday? At some point in his disappointing performance, did Kagiso Rabada think back to the 2011 capitulation against New Zealand? It might have helped if they did.
"We spend thousands of hours in cricket throwing shots and talking about tactics but we very rarely talk about how the biggest opponent is in our own head," said former Gloucestershire all-rounder Snape. "The psychological component is the biggest hurdle for me.
"The first step in any.. .
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