Anxiety and attention 1

Question 1

Birney et al (1969) outlines that fear of failure in sport can lead to what?

Answer 1

devaluation of self-estimate of ability which in turn leads to increased feelings of anxiety.

Question 2

Jordet et al (2007) suggests that anxiety is the most significant contributing factor to what?

Answer 2

performance failure in penalty shootouts

Question 3

What is a possible explanation for anxiety in the shootout?

Answer 3

could be that the penalty shootout situation is one of the few occasions in the game where players have time to pause and think about the effects of failure (Jordet & Elferink-Gemser, 2012) so anxiety is most likely to occur at this point.

Question 4

The BASES statement suggests that….

Answer 4

interventions designed to increase perceptions of control might be useful in combatting this, if players believe they are in control of the outcome then they do not need to fear the unknown

Question 5

For example, the BASES statement suggests…..

Answer 5

that having team meetings to discuss some of the known success factors in penalty shootouts can help improve performance, as it allows performers to focus on the known, and thus more controllable, aspects of performance.