Aggression, personality types

Question 1

What is aggression?

Answer 1

> acting with the intent to injure someone
acting forcefully within the rules of the sport to achieve your aim
feelings of anger that may spill over into violent actions

Question 2

What is DIRECT aggression?

Answer 2

an aggressive act that involves physical contact

Question 3

Example of DIRECT aggression

Answer 3

> dump tackle in rugby
tackling in football
a punch in boxing

Question 4

What is INDIRECT aggression?

Answer 4

an aggressive act that involves no direct physical contact

Question 5

Example of INDIRECT aggression

Answer 5

> smashing the ball as hard as you can in tennis

> spike in volleyball

Question 6

How can DIRECT aggression improve performance?

Answer 6

tactically punching in boxing eg a left/ right hook therefore knocking out opponent and winning the fight

Question 7

How can INDIRECT aggression improve performance?

Answer 7

if enough aggression is applied to a first serve in tennis it would be really difficult to return that serve so you win the point

Question 8

What is an INTROVERT?

Answer 8

Tend to be shy, quiet, calm and thoughtful. Introverts enjoy competing on their own and take part in sports that often don’t use direct aggression

Question 9

What is an EXTROVERT?

Answer 9

Tend to be lively, sociable, optimistic, outgoing and talkative. They enjoy being part of a team and are motivated by fast paced and often physical sports

Question 10

INTROVERTS characteristics

Answer 10

> rock climber, tennis 
> prefer indivdual sports
> prefer low levels of excitement
> work hard in training
> get nervous before important events
> enjoy limited action sports
> perform better at low levels of arousal
> dislike contact sports
> enjoy sports with fine movement skills
> enjoy high levels of concentration and precision

Question 11

EXTROVERTS characteristics

Answer 11

> CM in football, C in netball
> prefer team sports
> like lots of excitement
> get bored in training
> enjoy important events
> get impatient with intricate skills
> enjoy sports with lots of action
> perform better at high levels of arousal
> enjoy contact sports
> have high pain tolerance
> gross movement skills sports
> want to get the job done