Stress Management

Question 1

What is stress:

Answer 1

Negative response of the body to a threat causing anxiety..

Question 2

What is eustress:

Answer 2

A positive response of the body to a threat.

Question 3

What are the two types of effects of stress?

Answer 3

Cognitive- psychological
Somatic- physiological

Question 4

Difference between cognitive and somatic:

Answer 4

Cognitive- negative thoughts and feelings, irrational thoughts
Somatic- increased HR, temp, sweating

Question 5

4 way to improve somatic feelings of stress:

Answer 5

Biofeedback: a device measuring physical changes which happen during stress and techniques to calm them down.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation: Altering between a period of tension and relaxation.
Centering: breathing control whilst relaxing the chest and shoulders, diverts away from stressful situation
Breathing Control: controlling + concentrating on the rate of depth of breathing allowing performer ti relax and be less distracted.

Question 6

What is thought stopping:

Answer 6

Using a trigger word to help remove unhelpful thoughts- redirecting to more positive thoughts

Question 7

What is positive self talk?

Answer 7

Replacing negative thoughts about performance with positive ones, helping to focus on a tactic/ strategy.

Question 8

What is Imagery?

Answer 8

recreating a feeling of successful movement, can involve creating a calm place.

Question 9

What is visualisation?

Question 10

What is mental rehearsal?

Answer 10

Going over movements in your mind, best in a calm situation

Question 11

What does attention control and cue utilisation state:

Answer 11

higher the stress, less information processed.
What is attentional control- changing the focus of attention to detect relevant cues

Attentional Narrowing- less information absorbed as stress + arousal increase

Cue Utilisation- The ability to process information is directly linked to the level of arousal.