psychological skills training (topic 13)

Question 1

what are the types of goals?

Answer 1

outcome goals, performance goals, and process goals

Question 2

what are outcome goals

Answer 2

relate to the outcome of an event, like winning a race

Question 3

what are performance goals

Answer 3

relate to a specific product of performance, like jumping a certain height

Question 4

what are process goals

Answer 4

relate to the process that the performer will take during the performance, like stride length

Question 5

what SMARTER goal setting stand for

Answer 5

Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time based Exciting Review

Question 6

what is biofeedback

Answer 6

the use of instruments to measure psychological systems to give back to the athlete

Question 7

what is self talk

Answer 7

the internal dialogue that performers experience or how athletes talk to themselves

Question 8

what is the goal of self talk interventions

Answer 8

to encourage the use of positive self talk and eliminate the use of negative self talk

Question 9

how are breathing techniques used

Answer 9

used to calm the body and distract the mind by giving the performer a specific task to focus on

Question 10

what is mental practice

Answer 10

picturing and using all the sense to recreate or create an experience in the mind