Review your homework using green pen. Add your statements for: RA P

HomeworkExamination questions and essay question (brief

advice, you need to make at least 18 distinctive statements to access the top band for the essay, even though there are only 14 marks)

Controlling Anxiety

ConnectorVideo and questions on the websiteWhat did you learn? What did you want to know more about?

What do I need to learn?

Different types of anxietyDescribe 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

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

What is the difference between state and trait anxiety? Page 144

Measuring anxietyMethod Advantage DisadvantagePhysiological methods – Bio feedback

Observations

Self report questionnaires

Tests – make notes from 146 - 147

SCAT

STA1

CSAI 2

Stress management

Example 1As Rocky’s sport psychologist, how do you

propose to help him overcome his anxiety for the fight tomorrow?

Here’s what Rocky did…

RockyRocky 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).

Example 2A 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?

Tiger Woods

What did he do?

StressWhat is it? Responding to stressControlling stress

Cognitive vs. somatic techniques (complete the worksheet)

What have I learnt so far?

Next lesson - Goal settingOutcome goalsPerformance goals

SMARTER targets

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