Athletes who believe they have no control over factors that lead to poor performance are less likely to believe they can succeed in the future and are less likely to persist in the face of failure. this illustrates the phenomenon of:

The situation here is being completely aware of the situation and yet not able to do anything about it because it is out of his or her control. This is illustrated as learned helplessness as they are unable to avoid the negative effects of the moment. Martin Seligman studied researched about this condition by experimenting on dogs.