Sport Psychology Flashcards
What is imagery?
Physiological term that uses all the senses to recreate or create an experience in the mind, imagine the skill being performed without moving a muscle this creates muscle memory
What is sport psychology?
Study of psychological and mental factors that’s influence and are influenced by performance and physical activities
What in internal visualization?
Seeing the sport being done through your own eyes
Eg looking down at the ball in golf
What is external visualization?
Viewing the athlete performing from the outside
Eg like watching golf on TV
What is motivation?
Can be defined as the direction of intensity and effort.
Encouraging others to achieve a goal can influence how people act think or feel
What is direction (motivation)?
An individuals attraction to certain situations
Eg beating a PB
What is intensity (motivation)?
How much effort and individual will put into the situation
Types of Motivation
What is intrinsic motivation?
Is the inherent pleasure that comes from trying, beating your best and experiencing an activity
Types of Motivation
What is extrinsic motivation?
Involved when the ability is personally important for the rewards our outcomes that’s results from participation rather than interest in the activity
Eg money
Types of Motivation
What is Amotivation?
Lack of motivation to act
What is anxiety?
A subjective felling of apprehension that is accompanied by arousal is related to negative emotions can cause people unable to sleep well and people can perform badly with anxiety
Dimensions of anxiety
What is physiological anxiety ?
Called somatic anxiety
Eg butterflies and heart rate
Dimensions of anxiety
What is psychological anxiety?
Called cognitive anxiety
Eh negative thoughts scared or worried
What is Arousal?
Heightened sense of physical and mental alertness or activation it’s a blend of physiological and pay logical activation and is not always associated with negative emotions
Ranges from a continuum from deep sleep to extensive excitement
It’s important for an athlete it identify the optimal levels of arousal for theirs particular sport
What is concentration?
The ability to direct ones attention to appropriate cues in the present task while screening our irrelevant external and internal stimuli
What is external stimuli (concentration)?
Audience booing
Bad officiating
Unsportsmanlike conduct
What is internal stimuli (concentration)?
Distracting body sensations
Irrelevant feeling
Dysfunctional thoughts
What are the concentrations methods?
Dress Rehearsal
Simulated Competition experiences
TIC -TOC
Pre performance rituals
Concentration Methods
What is Dress rehearsal?
Complete the competitive routine in the same uniform and environment like the real thing
Conducted frequently after athletes have mastered a new skill and are practicing for the whole routine
Concentration Methods
What is simulated competition experiences?
Making practice like the competition
Makes an athlete become familiar with the environment
Train in worst case scenarios
Eg wet weather
Using fake crowd noiseConcentration Methods
What is TIC TOC?
Use words TIC TOC to trigger a response
TIC any self statements or thoughts that are irrelevant to the I modiste task
TOC switching to a relevant task
Strategy entails becoming aware to TICS and immediately making them TOCS
Concentration Methods
What is pre performance rituals
Develop pre set behavioral protocols for use during warm up and practice and times during the comp
Rituals trigger the needed arousal thinking and focus concentration
If attentions lapses can use ritual to refocus
What are some methods to control arousal?
Music Yoga Sleep Recreation Breathing
