1. Personality and it’s effect on sports performance

2. Personality Definition Structure of personality Personality types
Measuring personality
Views of personality

3. “ The sum of the characteristics that make a person unique”
Definition
“ The sum of the characteristics that make a person unique”

4. Role related behaviours
Different people behave differently in different situations
(E.g.) May be more relaxed around friends, become more inward around strangers

5. Typical responses How you normally react in a certain situation
(E.g.) happy to discuss issues with everyone, regardless of the circumstances

6. Psychological core This is the “real you”
Your attitudes, values and beliefs
The opinions that you have and how you respond in certain situations will be affected by this.

7. Introverts Less confident Inward looking Like their own company
Shy in a social situation
Prefer individual sports

8. Extroverts Confident Like the company of other people
Outgoing in a social situation
Prefer team sports
Prefer activities with uncertainty

9. Type A personality Lack patience Competitive drive Rush Multi-task
Lack tolerance
Angry and hostile

10. Type B personality Less competitive Laid back Calm Low anxiety
Creative

11. Effects on performance
Introverts
Drawn to Individual sports
E.g. Marathon running
Extroverts
Team players
Favour excitement/stimulation

12. Measuring personality
Eysenck’s personality inventory (EPI)
Measures personality traits
Believed that personality is based on genetics
Extroversion/Introversion
Neuroticism/Stability

13. Measuring personality
Profile of mood states (POMS)
Rating scale that rates mood states
Mood states are not stable, they fluctuate
Rates the following:
Tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger- hostility, fatigue-inertia, vigor-activity, confusion- bewilderment

14. Observing personality
Personality can also be observed
Others can watch your behaviour and how you respond in certain situations

15. Views of personality
Trait
Situational
Interactional

16. Trait Stable factors – Don’t change Genetically inherited?
Shy = shy in sporting environments
Outgoing = confident in sporting situations

17. Situational
Behaviour depends upon your environment/situation/surroundi ngs
Learn how to behave in different situations
E.g. Shy in private, aggressive in the sporting arena
Learn actions through modelling the behaviour of others
Respond to positive feedback

18. Interactional Need to consider both: situation and traits
Nature Vs. Nurture approach
We have traits but we are also influenced by the sporting situation

19. Nature Vs nurture
Where you born with the ability or have you learned the skills/tactics/strategies
Nature theory – born with it
Nurture – learned the behaviour
KEY QUESTION – WHICH THEORY DO YOU BELIEVE IN? CAN YOU GIVE SPORTING EXAMPLES? THIS WILL ADD DEPTH TO YOUR WORK.