Anxiety Flashcards
1
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Anxiety definition
A
A negative reaction of a performer to stress, often leading to over arousal
2
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Factors affecting competitive anxiety (4)
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- Individual Differences in the way in which people will interact with the situation
- Different types of anxiety - Trait and State Anxiety
- Anxiety can be general or specific if you suffer from high trait anxiety performers are likely to become anxious in stressful situations but not in all situations.
- Competition process - interaction between personality factors, competitive trait anxiety and the situations
3
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Competitive trait anxiety vs Competitive state anxiety
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Trait
- Can be seen to be part of our personality, therefore the level of anxiousness we feel are dependent upon our characteristics.
- Performers generally perceive it as threatening.
State
- Level of anxiety at a specific time in a particular situation, therefore in the lead up to and during competitive situation
4
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Possible causes (5)
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- Task importance
- Perceived inaccuracy of an officials decision/ Being fouled
- Evaluation apprehension
- Fear of injury/failure
- Lack of self-confidence
5
Q
Peak flow factors (7)
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AKA being in the zone
Factors?
- Be relaxed
- Be confident
- Be completely focussed
- Activity is effortless
- Movements are automatic
- Fun
- In control
6
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Internal imagery (definition and its 3 benefits)
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Picture a visual image of the surroundings as though looking through of your eyes, simultaneously feeling the muscular contractions and movement sensation
Benefits include
- More realistic
- Can be used to practise match strategies
- Users all sense so able to transfer from training to competition
7
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External imagery
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This is outside the body, as thoguh you are watching yourself on a video replay
Benefits
- can move perspective around and see actions from different view points
- Can be used even if skill has not been executed before
- Helpful when learning a new skill, or when trying to isolate and correct mistakes
