Goal Setting
What is the difference between short-term goals and long-term goals?
Short-term goals: goals that are meant to be reached within a set period; usually a day, a week, or a month.
Long-term goals: goals that are meant to be reached in the distant future.
Sports Psychology
T/F: Stress can sometimes be healthy.
True
T/F: Participation in athletics can be enormously positive in improving self-worth, and highly negative in damaging it.
True
_____ can be devastating to the motivated athlete.
Injury
T/F: You want to set outcome goals instead of performance goals.
FALSE! Goals should be based on personal performance.
What % of a sport is said to be mental?
95%
What is Transitional Stress? (Give an example)
Transitional Stress is stress an athlete experiences due to a transition in levels on a sport.
Examples: Beginning a new sport, going from high school to college, changing leagues, changing levels of competition, going from junior high to high school, going from college to pro, and retiring.
An __________ athlete will not take risks that should be taken.
underconfident
What is the name of the quiz designed to be an initial step in understanding and combating the harmful effects of stress on athletic performance?
Stress and Athletic Performance Quiz
Name at least three reasons why goal setting is beneficial.
Possible answers: Athlete can achieve more, improve performance, improve the quality of training, increase motivation to achieve at a higher level, increase pride and satisfaction in performance, and improve self-confidence.
Sports psychologists help athletes develop... (name at least 2/5)
Goals, Self-Confidence, Motivation, Positive Self-image, and Strategies to cope with stress and disappointment.
Burnout is mental and physical exhaustion that an athlete experiences from the stress and challenges of sports.
Causes: Pressure to win, criticism from parents and coaches, and lack of normal life due to excessive and prolonged involvement in sports.
When was the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology formed?
1985
What is positive stress called?
Eustress
Why are operational goals set?
Operational goals are "mini-goals" that help an athlete accomplish larger goals by taking it one step at a time. This allows the athlete to be able to notice even the tiniest progress and improvement when trying to achieve larger goals.
In 1981, Kleinginna and Kleinginna defined what as an internal state or condition that serves to activate or energize behavior and give it direction?
Motivation
What % of children who participate in youth sports drop out of athletics by the age of 13?
70%
What can an athlete use to improve self-confidence and self-image? (2 things)
Imagery and effective goal setting.
T/F: Experts claim that some young athletes achieve success too early and this causes them to want to keep playing.
False; achieving success early causes some athletes to burnout.
Explain Imagery and Simulation.
Imagery is a training process done with the mind that allows that athlete to practice mentally and prepare for events that they can't train for in reality
Simulation is when practice circumstances are made to be as close to real competition as possible, which allows the athlete to prepare for their competition.
Name the two types of motivation and what they are.
Extrinsic: when someone is motivated by an external reward
Intrinsic: when someone is motivated by internal reward or for their own sake.
What is one of the best ways to manage stress?
Goal Setting
Name the three tracks a student of sports psychology can pursue.
Educational, Clinical, and Academic sports psychology.
What are the guidelines to setting effective goals? (8 things)
Express goals positively, set priorities, document goals, use operational goals, set performance goals and not outcome goals, set specific goals, set goals at the right level, and set short-term and long-term goal.