Psychological Skils and Performance

Question 1

Choking

Answer 1

A process where an individual perceives that their resources are insufficient to meet the demands of the situation and concludes with a significant drop in performance or choke

Question 2

Performance Pressure

Answer 2

An anxious desire to perform at a high level in a given situation

Question 3

Two types of coping

Answer 3

Problem Focused Strategies - Aimed to alter a stressful situation

Emotion Focused Strategies - Aimed to alter an emotional reaction to a stressful situation

Question 4

What makes an effective goal?!?

Answer 4

Specific
Self-Generated
Moderately Difficult
Process, Performance and Outcome

Question 5

OutCome goal

Answer 5

Focus on the outcome, I wanna win my next match

Question 6

Performance Goal

Answer 6

Indepedent of other performers, and the end product of performance, I wanna hit 75% of my serves

Question 7

Process Goals

Answer 7

Specific Behaviours exhibited throughout such as skill and technique related.

Question 8

Psychological Skill Training (PST)

Answer 8

Any action or process that alters functioning or performance through changes in an individual’s thought and behaviour

Question 9

Does PST intervention work?

Answer 9

Higher effect for interventions by coaches rather than sports psychologists

The quality of experience and relationship between the athelet is vital

Question 10

What goal is better for anxiety management and psychological skills?

Answer 10

Process goals were better for anxiety management and psychological skills than performance goals