anxiety

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anxiety

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a negative emotional state associated with feelings of worry or nervousness relating to activation or arousal

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what threats lead to anxiety

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• to self esteem
• of letting people down
• of physical harm
• of punishment

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example of threat to self esteem

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footballer is worried about what people will think if he misses a penalty

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example of letting people down threat

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basketballer is worried that if they are missing a free throw they are letting their coach down

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example of a threat of physical harm

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a sprinter worried about injuring themselves before a major tournament

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example of a threat of punishment

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netballer is worried about being dropped from the starting 7

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3 types of anxiety

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• trait
• competitive trait
• state

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trait anxiety

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• a general predisposition to be anxious
• innate in an individual

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example of trait anxiety

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a performer is always worried about performance in training, competitions, friendlys - every situation

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competitive trait anxiety

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• a tendency to perceive competition as threatening
• to respond to these situations with feelings of nervousness and worry

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example of competitive trait anxiety

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• footballer is worried about performing well in cup and league games

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state anxiety

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• refers to an individuals emotional state at a given moment
• varies from situation to situation and usually disappears when the stressor is removed

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state anxiety example

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• a rugby player is worried about their performance in a cup final but once the game is over they don’t worry anymore

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responses to anxiety

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• somatic anxiety
• cognitive anxiety

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somatic anxiety

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• refer to anxiety experienced physiologically or of the body

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somatic anxiety example

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• increased heart rate when taking a penalty in football

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cognitive anxiety

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• refers to anxiety experienced mentally or of the mind

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example of cognitive anxiety

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• increased worry before a 100m sprint final

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relationship between cognitive and somatic anxiety

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Weeks before - somatic anxiety is low but cognitive may be high

Closer - cognitive remains high somatic begins to increase

Hours - cognitive remains high rapid increase in somatic

Just before - both increase and prepare performer for exercise by increasing HR

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at start of competition what will cognitive and somatic anxiety be

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• at their optimum
• performance will peak (in the zone)

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Zone of optimum function

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• an emotional response that facilitates top performance
• when performers level of anxiety is at its optimum point
• performance will be at its best
• known as peak flow

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peak flow

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the ultimate intrinsic experience when performance is flawless

• referred to as being in the zone
• all arousal theories show that performance is related to inner drive and self motivation

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Cue utilization

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- as arousal levels increase their attention span narrows - attentional narrowing - an athlete needs to be at optimum arousal levels for them to pick up on all relevant cues in the environment and ignore irrelevant ones - selective attention

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what is cue utilization made up of

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- attentional narrowing - selective attention

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attentional narrowing

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- if arousal levels of an athlete increase, their attention narrows

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selective attention

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- an athlete needs to be at: - optimum arousal levels for them to pick up on all the relevant cues in the environment - ignore the irrelevant cues

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low arousal

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- level of arousal is too low - attentional field is too wide - performer takes in too many cues - causing information overload - suboptimal performance

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moderate arousal

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- arousal level is at optimum - attentional field is optimum width - performer is fully focused - taking in relevant cues - ignoring irrelevant cues - peak flow - best performance

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high arousal

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- too high - attentional field is too narrow - missing important cues - due to worry panic anxiety - leads to illogical decision making - suboptimal performance

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example of cue utilization - when under aroused

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- footballer is under aroused - attention span too wide - take in cues such as crowd, coaches - poor performance

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example of cue utilization - moderately aroused

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- footballer is at moderate arousal - attentional field is at optimum width - picking up on relevant cues, eg player with ball where surrounding teammates are - more likely to intercept ball - optimum performance

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example of cue utilization over aroused

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- footballer arousal levels too high - attentional field too narrow so only focus on player with ball - miss important cues, e.g where teammates who are close are on the pitch and don’t get into the correct spacing - poor performance

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qualities of being in zone performance

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- feeling calm - confident in ability - focused on relevant cues - enjoying performance - using cognitive techniques to control arousal - using somatic techniques to control arousal - can balance demands with ability - is aware of their individual zone - using methods to increase arousal for a high IZOF - is practicing so skills become automatic - is setting realistic goals