Sport Psychology Flashcards
What are the types of motivation
Amotivation = no motivation
Extrinsic motivation = driven by the gain of external factors
Intrinsic motivation = driven by factors from within, feelings, enjoyment, personal satisfaction
What is motivation
General desire, need or want that drives a person the behave a certain way
What are the types of confidence
Self-confidence: Level of trust one has in their own abilities, qualities, and judgments
Self-belief: Level of trust one has in their own abilities to succeed no matter the situation
Self-efficacy: Athletes perception in how they can perform a specific task
What is confidence
The belief that the individual can have faith in themselves, someone or something to perform when called upon
What is arousal
Feeling of mental and physical alertness or excitement
What is the drive theory of arousal
The relationship between performance and arousal is linear
What is the inverted U theory of arousal
Arousal is balancing act for performance always looking to balance between arousal and performance
What is attention
Ability to maintain focus to relevant environmental cues
What is concentration
Ability to rapidly change attentional focus to meet the environmental demands
What model involves width and direction and what is width and direction according to the model
Nideffer’s Model:
Width
Broad – Can attend to several cues at once, decision makers
Narrow – Can responds to 1 or 2 cues at a time, golf shot
Direction
External – Attention to environment objects, players on field, ball, extra
Internal – Attention to own feeling thoughts pressures, marathon runner
Selective Attention is
Ability to attend to certain stimuli selectively when several stimuli are occurring simultaneously
Relevant Cues are
Attending the essential information when several stimuli are occurring simultaneously
What are irrelevant Cues
Unnecessary information designed by opponents to mask essential/relevant cues
Team Dynamics describes
The relationship between each member of the team
Team Cohesion is
The extent that which the team can work together and function as a unified force/entity
Describe Tuckman’s Stage of Group Development
Stage 1 – Forming
Group and individual roles are established
Stage 2 – Storming
Social cohesion – the team is formed through interactions and experiences of each together
Task cohesion – the ability to identify closely with the team’s goals
Stage 3 – Norming
Team members accept and settle into individual roles within the group
Stage 4 – Performing
Social and task cohesion are at optimal levels which is expressed through optimal performance
Ongoing techniques are
and examples of them
Techniques applied frequently and revisited often, used best ‘outside’ of performance
Example: goal-setting mental rehearsal team dynamics and cohesion self-confidence
Pre-performance techniques are
and examples of them
Techniques best utilised just before performance
Example:
pre-performance techniques
relaxation and energiser techniques
In-performance techniques are
and examples of them
Techniques are best applied during the activity
Example:
positive self-talk techniques
attention and concentration techniques
What do process goals do
Focus on specific behaviours demonstrated throughout the performance
What do performance goals do
Specify a result of the performance that will be achieved by the athlete independently of the team
What do outcome goals do
Focus on outcomes of performance/competition
Types of mental rehersal
Internal
Imagining the execution of a skill from within your own body, What you see when performing the skill
External
Picturing viewing yourself from the perspective of an external observer or on video replay.
What are affirmations
Positive statements directly related to an athletes qualities, abilities or goals
