3.2 psychology

SMARTER - specific - measurable - agreed - realistic - time-phased - exciting - recorded

desired aim or outcome

• motivating, provides objective • purpose and direction to training • confidence when target achieved • check progress • control anxiety

• intrinsic • extrinsic

• desire required to be successful • driving force that makes you do smt • decide how much effort to put in

• motivation that comes form simply doing the activity • rather than to gain external prizes or rewards

• satisfaction that comes from overcoming a challenge • friendships • seeing improvements in physical fitness

• motivating forces that come form outside person and activity

• praise from coach, crowd • rewards (money, prizes, trophies) • desire for attention/publicity/fame • sponsorship/better contract

• increased level of mental excitement and alertness • state of being excited, keen, and mentally and physically read to perform a task

• as arousal increases, performance improves • up to optimal level of arousal, perform best • inc arousal past point, performance decline

• athletes under-perform • lack drive and determination • not excited or focused enough to perform well

• athlete feel stressed, anxious, psyched out by opposition • physical symptoms (inc HR, sweating, shakiness, nausea) • mistakes made and performance decline

• require high level of precision, accuracy, control • low level of arousal

• involve large, powerful, mvmts • need to be determined, focussed, physically and mentally excited • higher level of arousal

• cognitive • somatic

• negative reaction from performer to stress • cause them to feel worried, nervous, apprehensive

• uncertainty (not knowing if succeed or not) • pressure (fear of failure in important sit) • self esteem (what others think if perform poorly) • fear of harm (injury)

• mental symptoms that performer feels • eg fear, worry, doubt

• physical symptoms of anxiety

• mental rehearsal • visualisation • deep breathing

• running thru skill, sequence, event in mind • using all senses

• allow athletes to familiarise themselves with situation • help feel calm and in control • serve as distraction from nervousness and worry (cognitive anxiety)

• seeing best possible outcome for skill or technique about to perfom