Anxiety Flashcards
What is anxiety?
The negative aspect of feeling stress and can be caused by worry experienced due to fear of failing in a competitive situation
What is trait anxiety?
a trait that is innate and enduring (permanent/stable) in an individual. It is generalised and felt in most situations
What is state anxiety?
anxiety felt in a particular situation and is often due to fear of losing, injury or embarrassment. When arousal is high in any given moment anxiety is more likely
What is competitive anxiety?
The worry or apprehension experienced during or about competitive events
What is somatic anxiety?
The physiological response to anxiety resulting in impaired movement. This will not allow the preformer to enter ‘peak flow’ state
eg. increased HR, sweating, BP, breathing
What is cognitive anxiety?
psychological worry over the situation- doubts and negative thoughts. Inability to make decisions
What are the cognitive anxiety management techniques?
MENTAL REHEARSAL- going over/ mentally repeating what needs to be done
IMAGERY- imagery or visualisation or meditation involves creating mental pictures
eg. reminding themselves of the feeling of taking penalty and what it is like celebrating after scoring
POSITIVE SELF-TALK- eg. footballer telling themselves they will score when taking penalty
RATIONAL THINKING- thinking though what can/cannot be achieved or cognitive awareness
eg. reminding themselves how well prepared they are and how good they are at taking penalties
NEGATIVE THOUGHT-STOPPING - blocking out irrational/negative thoughts
eg. not thinking about the last time they failed to score
GOALS- setting goals that are SMART/realistic/achievable or use of progress or performance goals
eg. thinking about goal to get the most goals in the season
DISTRACTIONS- distractions/music/other people or doing other activities
eg. listening to favourite song before walking on the pitch
YOGA- activities such as yoga or pilates
What are the management technique for somatic anxiety?
RELAXATION- can help calm the body/mind to help body relax/deal with stress by contracting and then relaxing groups of muscles
MASSAGE- massage of muscles to relax
BREATHING- deep,slow,steady,controlled breathing (can lower arousal levels0)
BIOFEEDBACK- an awareness of anxiety symptoms or awareness of of heart rate
YOGA activities such as yoga or pilates
CENTERING- shifting concentration to the centre of the body, redirects energy and brings about a calmer state, forcing on breath
PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR RELAXATION- learning to feel the tension therefore ‘letting go’
Explain Easterbrooks Cue Utilisation Theory
-as arousal levels increase, attention narrows this may have negative consequences
-if arousal is too low=
all cues are attended to those relevant and irrelevant
-if arousal is optimum=
relative cues are attended to
-if arousal is too high=
all cues are missed, relevant and irrelevant
- attention is more affective if the preformer concentrates on cues that are relevant at particular time
- if cues are not effectively used a person can fail to gather relevant information
