Mental Factors Flashcards
What are the main Mental factors
- Decision Making
- Concentration
- Motivation
What is Concentration
Concentration is the ability to stay on task and to completely focus your attention on something for a period of time.
How does Concentration impact on performance
- Good concentration allows you to stay fully aware of what’s going on around you and therefore you will play more effective.
- Bad concentration will lead to you not focusing on the movement of you opponent or the positioning of your body which could lead to ineffective skills.
What is Motivation
Motivation is the combination of the drive within that helps us to achieve our aims and the outside factors which affect it.
How does Motivation impact on performance
- High motivation will ensure that you continue to work until you have reached your target.
- Motivation helps you to dedicate the amount of time and effort required to reach the level of performance which you are capable of.
-Lack of motivation can lead to things not going the way you planned but you might also not dedicate enough time to improve your performance.
What is Decision Making
Decision Making is an action or process of choosing a preferred option or course of action from a set of alternatives.
What is Decision Makings impact of performance
- Quality decision making is a critical skill in sports.
- The quality of your decision making has a massive impact on your results.
- Experience plays a significant part in the decision making process.
- If you make the right decisions on a regular basis you are likely yo experience positive outcomes.
What are the two main approaches for developing performance in mental
- Visualisation
- Decision Making Games
What is Visualisation
Visualisation, involves the performer imagining themselves in an environment performing a specific activity using all of their senses.
What does visualisation allow a performer to do
Conditions their mind to think clearly about how they will react to certain pressures, situations and problems
What are Visualisations advantages
- Familiarise the athlete with a competition site or routine
- Motivate the athlete by recalling images of success
- Perfect skills or skill sequences the athlete is learning
- Reduces negative thoughts by focusing on positive outcomes
- Refocus the athlete when the need arises
- View success when the athlete sees themselves performing skills correctly and the desired outcomes
- Set the stage for performance with a complete mental run through
What are Decision Making games
These are conditioned games which work on decision making
Decision Making games allow what
Allow a performer to be put under many different challenges and situations which should help get them used to making the right decision in different settings.
