mental block

"There is this mental block in Australia and also this emotional block - a fear of abandonment, this idea that we can't defend ourselves alone. But we absolutely can if we have to."

Aspinall has also come back from elbow, wrist and back injuries, along with tackling dartitis - a condition where players have a mental block when it comes to throwing on the stage.

You also wonder whether there is a mental block against an opponent who a player knows has their number.

You just have to build mental blocks against that mattering too much.

Moors had successfully worked around a mental block for more than a decade.