Emotional Factors

Question 1

What are the main emotional factors?

Answer 1

• Happiness/Sadness
• Anger
• Fear

Question 2

What is the definition of Happiness/Sadness?

Answer 2

An emotional state of mind. Ranging from feeling content and joy to feeling despair, grief or sorrow?

Question 3

What is the impact on performance with Happiness/Sadness?

Answer 3

• Happiness will affect performance positively and sadness will impact negatively.
• Will impact on confidence, self-belief and resilience.

Question 4

What is Fear?

Answer 4

Fear is an emotion induced by a perceived threat which causes you to quickly pull away or hide.

Question 5

What is the impact of Fear on performance?

Answer 5

• Fear produces negative thoughts which directly impact on a performers confidence.
• If you fear an opponent then your own performance level is likely to drop significantly which make it easy for the opposition.

Question 6

What can Fear affect?

Answer 6

Confidence, Motivation and decision making

Question 7

What is Anger?

Answer 7

Anger is an emotion that is caused when a performer has been offended, denied, wronged which leads to a reaction.
It is a strong uncomfortable emotion after being provoked.

Question 8

What can Anger affect?

Answer 8

Decision making, confidence, motivation, self-control and aggression

Question 9

What is the impact of Anger on performance?

Answer 9

Anger without control will impact negatively and will increase the amount of poor decisions made, a players confidence (in their shots or ability) or a players motivation to continue in a proper way

Question 10

What are the approaches for developing performance in emotional?

Answer 10

Team Talks and the 3 R’s

Question 11

What is a Team Talk?

Answer 11

A team talk is a verbal dialogue that a coach will give to his team/player usually prior to a game but can be used throughout.

Question 12

What are the advantages of Team Talks?

Answer 12

• Gives an opportunity to emotionally charge players
• Motivates players and gets them mentally ready
• Can be used to change the mind-set or attitude of players

Question 13

What does the 3R’s stand for?

Answer 13

• Recognise
• Regroup
• Refocus

Question 14

What is the 3’Rs approach?

Answer 14

The 3R’s is for composure to help maintain composure after making a mistake or error.

Question 15

Explain the 3 steps of the 3’Rs approach?

Answer 15

• Recognise that you are dwelling on the mistake and not focussing on the next piece of play.
• Regroup by interrupting the chain of thought and battle your emotions by using things like positive self talk.
• Refocus by realising what you have to do next and focus on the next piece of play.