Concentration
What is choking?
A deterioration of skills, or process that leads to a impaired performance.
What are the ethical principles?
Competence
Integrity
respect & concern for athletes
confidence
How many people are affected by sport injury per year?
25 million
What is periodized training?
The deliberate strategy of exposing athletes to high-volume and high-intensity training loads that are followed by a lower training load (a rest or taper)
What are the 3 factors of Magills Optimal Readiness Model
Maturation
Prior Experiences
Motivation
What are the 3 Concentration Concepts?
Attentional Selectivity
Attentional Capacity
Attentional Alertness
Why do sport participants neglect PST
Lack of knowledge.
Misunderstandings.
Lack of time.
How does injury happen?
Physical factors
stress
social factors
personality factors
stress levels
What is overtraining?
A short cycle of training during which athletes expose themselves to excessive training loads that are near maximum capacity.
What are the 3 areas of interest in psychological development?
Motivational readiness for sport
Cognitive readiness for sport
Emotional readiness for sport
What are Internal and external distractions in regards to attentional problems
ID
Attending to past events (what was?)
Attending future events (what if?)
Choking under pressure
Overanalysis of body mechanics
Fatigue
Inadequate motivation
ED
Visual distractions
Auditory distractions
What are common problems in implementing PST programs?
Lack of conviction.
Lack of time.
Lack of resources.
Lack of sport knowledge.
Lack of follow-up.
What are the 6 steps to psychological reactions to exercise and athletic injuries?
1. Emorional reactions
2. identity loss
3, fear and anxiety
4. lack of confidence
5. performance decrements
6. group processess
What are characteristics of burnout?
Exhaustion
Depolarization
Mental Health Challenges
What are some signs or things of physical development?
change in hormone levels, muscles, bones, joints, energy systems
steady rate changes until puberty
What are the differences between expert and novices in attentional processing?
Experts as compared to novice performers:
Make faster decisions and better anticipate future events.
Attend more to movement patterns.
Search more systematically for cues.
Are more skillful in predicting ball flight patterns.
Name some mental skills that are used by athletes?
Clearly defined goals
A positive attitude
Control of arousal levels
Well-honed practice and comp plans
Use of comp simulation
Postcomp evaluation
Continual refinement of their mental approach
Develop mental toughness
What are the 3 phases of rehab and recovery?
1. Injury or illness phase
2. rehabilitation and recovery phase
3. return to full activity phase
What are the models of burnout?
Cognitive–affective stress model
Negative-training stress response model
Unidimensional identity development and external control model
Commitment and entrapment theory
Self-determination theory
What are some key concepts within motor skill development?
critical periods
the appearance of new skills
increasing mechanical efficiency
qualitative changes
quantitative improvements
What are 6 rules for creating effective self talk?
Keep phrases short and specific.
Use the first person and present tense.
Construct positive phrases.
Say your phrases with meaning and attention.
Speak kindly to yourself.
Repeat phrases often.
What are common psychological characteristics associated with peak performance?
Loss of fear – no fear of failure
Total immersion in the activity
Narrow focus of attention on the present
Highly self-confident
Feeling in complete control over emotions, thoughts, behaviour
Physically and mentally relaxed
Highly energized
What are predictors of adherence to sport injury rehabilitation?
1. personal attributes
2. environmental charachteristics
3. predictors of adherence
4. effective adherence interventions
What is staleness and what is brunout?
Staleness:
The physiological state of overtraining in which the athlete has difficulty maintaining standard training regimens and can no longer achieve previous performance results.
Burnout
A psychophysiological response due to frequent but generally ineffective efforts to meet excessive demands, involving a psychological, emotional, and sometimes physical withdrawal from an activity in response to excessive stress or dissatisfaction.
In motivational readiness there are 3 age categories that are important. List the age group and what partakes in the group?
ages 1-3: basic mastery orientation
Want no part of groups
ages 3-5: building on mastery
They want to be looked at and people see how well they are doing
ages 5-7: social comparison orientation
Compare to others and realize they are not as good as others at somethings