Anxiety Flashcards
What is anxeity?
A negative emotional state associated with feelings of worry or nervousness relating to activation or arousal.
Why might someone experience anxiety?
Self esteem
letting people down
physical harm
punsihement
What are the types of anxiety?
trait
competitive trait
state anxiety
What is the trait anxiety?
A predisposition to perceive most situations as threating; enduring in an Individual
What is the competitive trait?
A performer has the tendency to perceive competitive situations as threatening and to respond to these with feelings of apprehension or tension
What is state anxiety?
The athletes emotional response at an given time, varies from situation to situation and immediate
What are the responses to anxiety?
Somatic and cognitive
What is somatic anxiety?
a performer experiencing anxiety physiologially
feeling sick, sweating
What is cognitive anxiety?
Anxiety experienced mentally or of the mind
panic attacks
ocd
personality disorder
What is the zone of optimum functioning?
the emotional response that facilitates top performance
when the performers anxiety is at its best (peak) performance will be at its best
What is peak flow experience?
Ultimate intrinsic experience, performance is flawless
being in the zone
related to inner drive and self motivation
What does in the zone mean to a performer?
Relaxed confident focussed effortless having fun in control
Why do performers like sprinters and fighters have a better zone of optimumm at high arousal?
Over quicker, explosive
whereas long duration, prolonged performance
long duration- need lower arousal to perform at best
What is cue utilisation?
As arousal increases, an athletes attention narrows
What is perceptual narrowing?
As arousal increases, athletes attention narrows
According to cue utilisation where does the athlete need to be to perform at their best?
Need to be at optimum arousal levels, inverted u theory to pick up on relevant cues in the environment and ignore irrelevant ones- known as selective attention
What is selective attention?
Performer picking relevant cues rather than irrevelant cues
Why is lower arousal too low?
Too low
attentional field is too wide
performer taks in too many cues- information overload
causes sub optimal performancr
Why. is the performer best at moderate arousal levels?
taking in right relevant cues optimum level attentional field is at optimum width fully focused may be experiencing peak flow- ultimate experience in the zone
Why isn’t high arousal good for best performance?
Too igh
attentional field is too narrow
misses important cues- lead to anxiety and panic
leads to illogical and irrational devision making
causes sub optimal performance
