Waddell, Sid, 165
walking, 229–30;
see also exercise
Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Solnit), 229–30
Warnock, Neil, 215
Waterloo, battle of, 196
Watson, Michael, 254
Watson, Tom, 90
websites, 27–8
weightlifting, 12, 84
Wellington, Duke of, 196
Welsh rugby, 123
Wenger, Arsène, 182
West German soccer team, 195
West Ham football team, 3, 131, 181
West Indies cricket team, 102
Wilander, Mats, 181
Williams, Mark, 101,102, 111
Williams, Serena, 125, 126
Williams, Venus, 125, 161, 162, 168, 183
Wimbledon soccer team, 197
Wimbledon tennis championships, 91, 125, 257
winners’ attributions, 49;
see also success
Woods, Earl, 120
Woods, Tiger, 40, 74, 75, 75, 76, 116, 120, 131, 135, 136, 137, 140, 153, 161, 162, 164, 166, 183,
199, 261
Woosnam, Ian, 90, 92
working memory, 133, 288
World Cup (football), 30–1, 120, 181, 195, 200–1, 267
World Rowing Championships, 40
worry see anxiety
wrestling, 84, 164
X-rays, 133
Yerkes, Robert, 86
Yerkes-Dodson law, 86–7
yips, 90
young people:
competitive athletic activity, 218–20
Yugoslavia, 124
zoom in, ability to, 103
Subject index 352