Anxiety

Question 1

What is anxiety?

Answer 1

• State of nervousness and worry, a negative response to a threatening sporting situation.

Question 2

What are the 4 types of anxiety?

Answer 2

1. Somatic anxiety.
2. Cognitive anxiety.
3. Competitive state anxiety.
4. Competitive trait anxiety.

Question 3

Competitive trait anxiety

Answer 3

• Feeling nervous before a game/ race.
• Can be genetic/ innate.
• Trait anxiety is displayed before all competitions, regardless of the importance.
• You just feel nervous every time you play (not controllable).