Sports Psychology Foundations
This field studies the mental factors influencing sport, exercise, and athletic performance?
What is Sports Psychology?
Setting these can increase motivation, improve training quality, and boost self-confidence?
What are goals.
____ is carried out by making the physical training circumstances as close as possible to the real competition?
What is simulation.
This can be healthy by increasing awareness and motivation but too much can hinder performance.
What is stress.
This reflects an athlete's assessment of their own self-worth and influences risk taking?
What is self-confidence.
It's said that athletic performance is ___% mental?
What is 95%
Research shows people who do this effectively suffer less stress and perform better.
What is setting goals.
____ allows the athlete to practice and prepare for events and eventualities he or she can never train for in reality.
What is imagery
This type of stress occurs during transitions like moving from high school to college sports?
What is transitional stress.
What is an athlete's self-confidence a reflection on?
What is self-worth.
These professionals help athletes develop goals, motivation, self-confidence, and strategies to cope with stress?
Who are sport psychologists?
Specific outcomes to be reached within a set period: a day, a week, a month, or perhaps even a few months?
This skill helps “slow down” complex skills so that the athlete can isolate and feel the correct component movements of the skills, and thus isolate where problems in technique lie.
What is imagery
This condition involves dropping out of a sport due to physical and mental challenges?
What is Burnout.
Research has shown that people who use goal setting effectively show more?
What is self-confidence.
This internal state activates behavior and gives it direction, with intrinsic and extrinsic types?
What is motivation.
These goals focus on skill development and process rather than final results?
What was the final score in the Houston Christian vs. Nebraska football game?
Nebraska 59 - Houston Christian 7
One of the best ways to manage stress is through what?
What is goal Setting.
This confidence can set up the athlete for a serious failure that could devastate self-confidence.
What is overconfidence.
This type of motivation requires no external reward or reinforcement?
What is intrinsic motivation.
To achieve these goals, the athlete must work consistently and reach numerous short-term goals along the way.
What is long-term goals.
Where will the 2028 Summer Olympics be held?
Los Angeles
Parents can include their children in ____ to reduce the risk of burnout?
What is multiple sports.
What kind of athlete will not take risks that should be taken?
What is underconfident athlete.