sport psych midterm 3 Flashcards
in order to concentrate effectively, an athlete must have:
-selectional attention
-attentional focus
situational awareness
shift attentional focus
concentration concepts
- attentional selectivity
- attentional capacity
- attentional alertness
attentional selectivity
letting some info into the proceesssing system while other info is screened or ignored
errors in sleectional attention
- too broad of a focus
- distracted from relavent info
inability to shift focus fast enough between relevant ones
attentional capacity
attention is limited to the amount of information that can be processed at one time
control processing
mental processing that involves conscious attention and awareness of what you are doing when you perform a sport skill
automatic processing
mental processing without conscious attention
attentional alertness
increases in arousal narrow the attentional field
- results: lose in peripheral visual field = lose in relavent information cues
concentration types
broad external - rapid assessment of situation
broad internal - analyze and plan
narrow external - focus exclusively on one or two external cues
narrow internal - mental rehearse
association-dissocation concentration
associative attention strategy - monitoring bodily function and feeling
dissociative attentioanl strategy - distraction and tuning out from bodily function and feelings
concentration and optimal perfromance
focus on only the relevant cues and eliminate distractions
attentional problems
internal distraction
- fast events
- future events
-choking
-over analysis of body mechanics
-fatigue
-inadequate motivation
external distractions
- visual distractions
- auditory distractions
attention can be imporved through
mindfulness
self-talk
creating effective self talk
keep phases short and specific
use first person and present tense
construct postive phases
say phases w meaning and attention
speak kindly to yourself
repeat phrases often
techniques for imporving self talk
negative thought stopping
countering
reframing
Prof’s typical process to psychological skills straining
contacted by someone
determine their needs
education regarding activity and orhanization
needs assessment plan
determine psychological skills to be taught
determine implementation
ongoing communication
ethical principles (competence, integrity, respect and cnocern , confidence)
three phases of PST program
- education
2 acquisition
3 practice
ideal 8 sessions
- discuss peak performance, psychosocial characteristics of successful athletes, overall productive thinking
- goal setting
- building confidence
- activation managements
- increase awareness and concentration
- using imagery
- motor skill learning and deliberate practice
- competition planning
why athletes neglect PST
- lack of knowledge
- misunderstanding about psychological skills
lack of time
lack of support
myths about PST
only for problem athletes
only for elite athltes
quick fix solution
not useful because either you have it or you dont
over training
athletes expose themselves to excessive training loads that are near or at max capacity
- different for everyone
- often the problem is lack of recovery
signs of overtraining
apathy
lethargy
weight loss
mood changes
muscle pain
concentraion loss
staleness
physiological state of overtraining in which the athlete has difficulty maintaining standard training regimens and can no longer achieve previous performance results
burnout
psychological response to freuent but gneerally ineffective efffort to meet excessive demands
characteristics of burnout
exhaustion
depersonalization
mental health challenges
models of burnout
- cognitive-affective spress model
- negative-training stress model
- unidimensional identity development and external and control model
- commitment and entrapment thoery
- self-determination thoery
- integrated model