Chapter 9: Emotions & Athletic Performance Flashcards
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Moment emotions
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how to support emotion regulation for appropriate skill execution
2
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Post-Performance emotions
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processing loss, coping with injury, dealing with sadness after an athlete retires
3
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Emotions can be seen to do a few things:
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- motivate our behaviour (& get us ready for action) - consider an urge like ‘fight-or-flight’ when fearful, or how you want to curl up in bed when feeling depressed
- communicate to others how we feel - our facial expressions, tone & body language show the world how we are feeling, which influences how others feel
- communicate to ourselves - gives us important information about a situation
4
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Cognitive restructuring
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finding something more positive to think about (or even just more neutral than negative)
