1. Controlling Anxiety

2. Homework Examination questions and essay question

3. Connector Video and questions on the websitewebsite

4. What do I need to learn? What can you recall from the syllabus that you need to learn for this section?

5. Different types of anxiety Describe and explain with an example cognitive and somatic anxiety? Cognitive refers to psychological aspects eg apprehension and somatic to the body’s physiological responses eg sweating

6. What is the difference between state and trait anxiety?

7. Measuring anxiety MethodAdvantageDisadvantage Physiological methods Observations Questionnaires

8. Tests SCAT STA1 CSAI 2

9. Stress management

10. Example 1 As Rocky’s sport psychologist, how do you propose to help him overcome his anxiety for the fight tomorrow? Here’s what Rocky did…

11. Rocky Rocky 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. He also kept things in perspective (he was always a nobody).

12. Example 2 A 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?

13. Tiger Woods

14. What did he do?

15. Stress What is it? Responding to stress Controlling stress Cognitive vs. somatic techniques

16. What have I learnt so far?

17. The journey Aspects of personality Arousal Controlling anxiety Attitudes Aggression Confidence Attribution theory Group success Leadership

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