Psychological strategies Flashcards
Motivation
the causes for the initation, maintenance and intensity of behaviour. in other words motivation is the reason for participating in an activity
characteristics of a highly motivated individual
A desire for success
A willingness to take risks
A acknowledgement of their own ability as crucial to their success
An ability to increase effort and concentration as the task difficulty increases
What happens to athletes with less motivation?
less likely to perform successfully and less likely to achieve elite levels
Confidence
confidence is the belief an athlete has in their ability to execute a specific task or goal successfully, the athlete will have self confidence if they believe they can achieve their goal
When an athlete has self confidence they?
believe in themselves
Exhibit positive emotions
remain calm under pressure
think more positively
Have a greater ability to follow, understand and execute game plans
How can confidence be lost?
By focusing too much on factors outside of their control as well being overly critical of their own individual performances. This is often referred to as “chocking’
Chocking can appear as
An increase in negative self talk
Poor judgement and decision making, leading to poor skill selection
A decrease in selective attention and an inability to attend to relevant cues
Rushing and not taking the normal preparation time for skill execution
How can athletes build confidence?
Working hard at training
practising good self management
rewarding themselves when successful
Recording/logging their success
Goal setting
Outcome goals-overall results of a competition
Performance goals- related to the athletes own personal level of performance, irrespective of others
Process goals-related to performance goals, but the athlete focuses on the physical movement or game strategy aspects
SMARTER
Specific, measurable, accepted, realistic, time framed, Exciting, recorded
Intrinsic motivation
Intrinsic motivation comes from within and involves factors such as enjoyment, satisfaction, improvement and enhanced feelings of self worth as primary motivators for performance
Extrinsic motivation
Comes from an external source and usually involves some form of material benefit, such as financial reward, awards, trophies or glory and recognition
Arousal and performance
Arousal In sport can be defined as the degree of activation than an individual experiences when faced with a sporting situation or task, it can be viewed as a continuum ranging drowsiness/sleep to psyched up hyperactivity state
Concentration
the mental ability to focus on the task at hand while ignoring distractions. The capacity to concentrate is widely regarded by athletes, coaches and psychologists to be a key is success during performance
