Goal Setting
Applied Techniques
Potpourri
Arousal Reg./Awareness
Anxiety, Stress & Arousal
100
Winning the NBA Championship is an example.
What is an outcome goal?
100
The recommended technique for deep breathing.
What is deep belly breaths?
100
The purpose of a performance profile.
What is providing a foundation for an athlete's psyche?
100
In contrast to kinesthetic awareness, athletes are poor at this.
What is mental awareness?
100
Eustress
What is stress resulting from functional or positive demands?
200
Action plan.
What is a collection of process goals that leads to the achievement of an outcome goal?
200
In peak performances, this is minimal or absent.
What is self-talk?
200
Peak performance almost always involves this state.
What is the integration of the mind and body?
200
Refocus routines should be used at this traffic light.
What is yellow?
200
Any condition that disrupts homeostasis.
What is a stressor?
300
The stage of the gaol setting process where one must ride out the plateaus or get worse before getting better.
What is surrender to the process?
300
The type of imagery demonstrated when a basketball player feels the ball leave his hands, looks up to see it arc to the basket, and hears the net swish.
What is internal imagery?
300
A record of one's inner dialogue during workout sessions.
What is a self-talk log?
300
The objective of a refocus routine.
What is turning negative psychic energy into positive psychic energy?
300
The physiological activation caused by the interaction of anxiety and stressors.
What is arousal?
400
This guideline for goal setting is evident when an athlete misses two workouts due to studying for a final, but starts working out again after the test.
What is "forgive yourself"?
400
This use of self-talk is evident when a pitcher says "I am the best. This guy from the Cardinals is a chump. I'm going to blow it by him. Let's strike him out!"
What is "building confidence"?
400
Physical relaxation, in the cocoon, and extraordinary awareness.
What are characteristics of peak performance?
400
The type of routine used to keep an athlete in the peak performane state.
What is a concentration routine?
400
Changes in attention, biochemistry and muscle tension.
What are ways that arousal affects performance?
500
The main two reasons that goal setting is motivational.
What is it provides intrinsic rewards and internal attributions?
500
When a sport psychologist has to decide if mastery or coping is the athlete's objective, they are considering this aspect of creating a good image.
What is "arrange the stimuli properly"?
500
When an elite athlete moves closer to the gym, hires a personal chef, and breaks up with her boyfriend, she is carrying out this step of the goal setting process.
What is create a supportive environment?
500
It's client specific, contributes to consistent performance, and provides an easy way to communicate about emotions.
What is the traffic light system of awareness?
500
The key phase of the stress progression that is most influenced by anxiety.
What is the perception of the demand?