Self handicapping strategy refers to that when people expect that they will fail, they often set up some obstacles in advance to hinder their success as an excuse to explain their failure. This behavior is called self handicapping strategy.
According to the above definition, which of the followings uses self handicapping strategy:
Xiao Yang was cut by thorns all the way and finally reached the national tennis finals. At this time, he suddenly worried that he could not get a good place in the finals. He deliberately sprained his foot in training and went to the competition with injury