1. Homework

2. Controlling Anxiety

3. Connector
Video and questions on the website

4. What do I need to learn?
Review your PLC

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

6. What is anxiety? A negative aspect of feeling stress
Stressor – Any demands that are placed on the performer that initiate stress (leading to a cognitive or somatic response)
Eustress – A positive form of stress which provides an adrenalin rush

7. What is the difference between competitive state and competitive trait anxiety? Page 177

8. Figure 4 page 177

9. Measuring anxiety Method Advantage Disadvantage Physiological measures
Observations
Self report questionnaires

10. Measuring Anxiety - Tests

11. Make notes from pg 178 outlining – What it tests, when it takes places, administered, advantages and disadvantages
SCAT
CSAI 2

12. Stress management

13. 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…

14. 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 (more on this next week)
He also kept things in perspective (he was always a nobody).

15. 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?

16. Golf. Why did he choke?

17. What did he do?

18. Stress What is it? Responding to stress Controlling stress
Cognitive vs. somatic techniques (complete the worksheet)

19. What have I learnt so far?

20. Next lesson - Goal setting
Outcome goals
Performance goals
SMARTER targets
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