stress

Question 1

stress

Answer 1

a negative response of the body to a threat causing anxiety

Question 2

eustress

Answer 2

a positive response of the body to a threat and experience a feeling of euphoria

Question 3

stressors

Answer 3

the cause of stress in sport

Question 4

examples of stressors in sport

Answer 4

. injury
. playing in an important match
. playing against good opponents
fear of failure

Question 5

cognitive stress

Answer 5

. psychological
. builds negative thoughts and feelings
. loss of concentration
. so important info may be missed

Question 6

somatic stress

Answer 6

. physiological
. e.g increase in HR, sweating or muscle tension which can cause an inaccurate/ weak attempt

Question 7

cognitive stress management techniques

Answer 7

. thought stopping
. positive self talk
. imagery
. visualisation
. mental rehearsal
. attentional control and cue utilisation

Question 8

thought stopping and an example

Answer 8

when negative and irrational thoughts occur, the performer uses a learned action or trigger to remove them, e.g a batter in cricket prodding the ground with their bat

Question 9

positive self talk

Answer 9

. performer places negative thoughts with positive ones

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

recreating a successful image of the action from a past performance when the skill was performed successfully

Question 11

visualisation

Answer 11

. an image perfected while performing the skill successfully in training, where the performer cab the visualise feelings of pressure from the crowd

Question 12

mental rehearsal

Answer 12

process of going over the movements of a task in the mind before the action takes place

Question 13

4 styles of attention

Answer 13

. broard
. narrow
. external
. internal

Question 14

broad attention

Answer 14

when a number of cues can be identified

Question 15

narrow attention

Answer 15

when it’s best to focus on one or two cues

Question 16

internal attention

Answer 16

when information is used from within the performer

Question 17

external attention

Answer 17

when information is drawn from the environment

Question 18

somatic stress management techniques

Answer 18

. biofeedback
. progressive muscle relaxation
. centering
.

Question 19

biofeedback

Answer 19

uses a measuring device to help the athlete recognise physical changes that will occur during stress, e.g measuring heart rate

Question 20

progressive muscle relaxation

Answer 20

conducted with the use of recorded instructions when the athlete alternates between a state of relaxation in the same muscles, the groups of muscles are tensed, held and then relaxed

Question 21

centering

Answer 21

form of breathing control when the performer can learn to relax the shoulder and chest while concentrating on the slow movement of the abdominal muscles web taking deep controlled breaths