HomeworkExamination questions and essay question (brief
advice, you need to make at least 16 distinctive statements to access the top band for the essay, even though there are only 14 marks)
2 marks are awarded for SPAG
ConnectorVideo and questions on the website
What did you learn?
What did you want to know more about?
Different types of anxietyDescribe and explain with an example what you
understand about cognitive and somatic anxiety?
Cognitive refers to psychological aspects eg apprehension and somatic to the body’s physiological responses eg sweating
What is anxiety? A negative aspect of feeling stress
Stressor – Any demands that are placed on the performer that initiate stress (leading to a cognitive or somatic response)
Eustress – A positive form of stress which provides an adrenalin rush
Measuring anxietyMethod Advantage Disadvantage
Physiological methods – Bio feedback
Observations
Self report questionnaires
Example 1As Rocky’s sport psychologist, how do you
propose to help him overcome his anxiety for the fight tomorrow?
Here’s what Rocky did…
RockyRocky overcame his ‘perceived imbalance
between ability and task demands’ (anxiety) by changing his goals.
He focused on a performance goal rather than an outcome goal (more on this next week)
He also kept things in perspective (he was always a nobody).
Example 2A golfer has been having problems with his
swing.
How would you help him to prepare and what would you teach him to do as he has a long putt to win a competition?
StressWhat is it?
Responding to stress
Controlling stress
Cognitive vs. somatic techniques (complete the worksheet)