anxiety Flashcards

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anxiety

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a negative emotional state associated with feelings of worry or nervousness relating to activation or arousal

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what threats lead to anxiety

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  • to self esteem
  • of letting people down
  • of physical harm
  • of punishment
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example of threat to self esteem

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footballer is worried about what people will think if he misses a penalty

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example of letting people down threat

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basketballer is worried that if they are missing a free throw they are letting their coach down

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example of a threat of physical harm

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a sprinter worried about injuring themselves before a major tournament

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example of a threat of punishment

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netballer is worried about being dropped from the starting 7

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3 types of anxiety

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  • trait
  • competitive trait
  • state
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trait anxiety

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  • a general predisposition to be anxious
  • innate in an individual
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example of trait anxiety

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a performer is always worried about performance in training, competitions, friendlys - every situation

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competitive trait anxiety

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a tendency to perceive competition as threatening and to respond to these situations with feelings of nervousness and worry

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example of competitive trait anxiety

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  • footballer is worried about performing well in cup and league games
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state anxiety

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  • refers to an individuals emotional state at a given moment
  • varies from situation to situation and usually disappears when the stressor is removed
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state anxiety example

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  • a rugby player is worried about their performance in a cup final but once the game is over they don’t worry anymore
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responses to anxiety

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  • somatic anxiety
  • cognitive anxiety
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somatic anxiety

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  • refer to anxiety experienced physiologically or of the body
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somatic anxiety example

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  • increased heart rate when taking a penalty in football
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cognitive anxiety

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  • refers to anxiety experienced mentally or of the mind
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example of cognitive anxiety

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  • increased worry before a 100m sprint final
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relationship between cognitive and somatic anxiety

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Weeks before - somatic anxiety is low but cognitive may be high

Closer - cognitive remains high somatic begins to increase

Hours - cognitive remains high rapid increase in somatic

Just before - both increase and prepare performer for exercise by increasing HR

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at start of competition what will cognitive and somatic anxiety be

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  • at their optimum
  • performance will peak (in the zone)
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Zone of optimum function

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  • an emotional response that facilitates top performance
  • when performers level of anxiety is at its optimum point
  • performance will be at its best
  • known as peak flow
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peak flow

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the ultimate intrinsic experience when performance is flawless

  • referred to as being in the zone
  • all arousal theories show that performance is related to inner drive and self motivation
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Cue utilization

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  • as arousal levels increase their attention span narrows
  • attentional narrowing
  • an athlete needs to be at optimum arousal levels for them to pick up on all relevant cues in the environment and ignore irrelevant ones
  • selective attention
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what is cue utilization made up of

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  • attentional narrowing
  • selective attention
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attentional narrowing

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  • arousal levels if an athletes increase, their attention narrows
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selective attention

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an athlete needs to be at
optimum arousal levels for them to pick up on all the relevant cues in the environment and ignore the irrelevant cues

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low arousal

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  • level of arousal is too low
  • attentional field is too wide
  • performer takes in too many cues
  • causing information overload
  • suboptimal performance
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moderate arousal

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  • arousal level is at optimum
  • attentional field is optimum width
  • performer is fully focused
  • taking in relevant cues
  • ignoring irrelevant cues
  • peak flow
  • best performance
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high arousal

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  • too high
  • attentional field is too narrow
  • missing important cues
  • due to worry panic anxiety
  • leads to illogical decision making
  • suboptimal performance
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example of cue utilization - when under aroused

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  • footballer is under aroused
  • attention span too wide
  • take in cues such as crowd, coaches
  • poor performance
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example of cue utilization - moderately aroused

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  • footballer is at moderate arousal
  • attentional field is at optimum width
  • picking up on relevant cues, eg player with ball where surrounding teammates are
  • more likely to intercept ball
  • optimum performance
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example of cue utilization over aroused

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  • footballer arousal levels too high
  • attentional field too narrow so only focus on player with ball
  • miss important cues,
    e.g where teammates who are close are on the pitch and don’t get into the correct spacing
  • poor performance
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qualities of being in zone performance

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  • feeling calm
  • confident in ability
  • focused on relevant cues
  • enjoying performance
  • using cognitive techniques to control arousal
  • using somatic techniques to control arousal
  • can balance demands with ability
  • is aware of their individual zone
  • using methods to increase arousal for a high IZOF
  • is practicing so skills become automatic
  • is setting realistic goals