The best soccer players on the team performed better in front of the crowd. The worst soccer players performed worse. What might explain this

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The mere presence hypothesis suggests that the presence of an audience can enhance performance for skilled performers and impair performance for unskilled performers. Therefore, the better soccer players may have been positively influenced by the crowd, while the worse players may have been negatively influenced.

The Best Soccer Players on the Team Performed Better in Front