Psychological Skills Flashcards
How does confidence improve performance?
-Ensuring people are in the optimal arousal zone
-Encouraging performers to attempt more complex skills and movements
-Increasing resilience and self-efficacy
What is the purpose of goal-setting?
Provides a focus for training and performance sessions
Define confidence
Showing a degree of certainty and awareness
What happens when a performer has low levels of arousal?
-Attention is broad
-Distracted by irrelevant cues
-Less attention to task-relevant cues
What happens when a performer has optimal levels of arousal?
-Attention narrows
-Ignores irrelevant cues
-Attends to relevant cues
What happens when a performer has high levels of arousal?
-Attention narrows further
-Ignores task-relevant cues
When is it best for optimal arousal levels to be higher?
-Gross motor skills
-Simpler tasks
-Individuals in the autonomous stage of learning
When is it best for optimal arousal levels to be lower?
-Fine motor skills
-Complex tasks
-Individuals in the cognitive stage of learning
Define concentration
Action of focusing attention
How does mental practice and imagery assist performance?
-Manages levels of anxiety, motivation and confidence
-Allows you to practice when you are unable to train
What are outcome goals?
Related to a result (e.g. Make the school basketball team)
What are performance goals?
Related to individual performance (e.g. increasing free throw percentage)
What are process goals?
Related to the actions an individual must engage in to perform well (e.g. setting up a screen for a team-mate)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
Breath control
Music
Self-talk
Cue words
Mindfulness
Meditation
