1. Task 3
Know about arousal and anxiety, and the effects it has on sports performance

2. Scenario
As a sports psychologist you use your studies to develop some materials which could be used to help improve your teams performance. The materials you produce will look at types of anxiety and how arousal and anxiety affect sports performance.

3. Your task is to create a presentation to deliver to your team
P6 - Describe, using relevant examples, different types of anxiety
P7 - Describe, using four theories, the effect arousal and anxiety have on sports performance and their control
M4 - Assess, using four theories, the effect arousal and anxiety have on sports performance and their control
D3 - Evaluate imagery and relaxation techniques as methods of controlling arousal and anxiety, and in improving sports performance.
Anxiety, types of anxiety
How arousal and anxiety affect sports performance
How anxiety and arousal can be controlled 3

4. Today Know the 2 different arousal theories
Understand how arousal can effect performance
Suggest ways of how to control arousal

5. Arousal
What is it?

6. Arousal
“a physiological state of alertness and anticipation that prepares the body for action” (Adams et.al 2010)

8. In pairs answer the following questions;
New Zealand Rugby Team
In pairs answer the following questions;
Why do they do this?
How does it effect their opponents
What effect does it have on their performance

9. Arousal
Inverted U theory
Drive theory (Hull, 1948).

10. Greg Rutherford
Zidane

11. Complete the following parts of your presentation
What is arousal
The 2 arousal theories
How it effects performance
How it can be controlled
What is anxiety
State – Constantly changing situation / Somatic – the body reaction / Cognitive – Nervous about situation
How does anxiety effect performance
How can it be controlled

12. How does it effect performance?
Arousal
How does it effect performance?
Task!

13. Target throw
What happened to arousal levels when there was more spectators?
What happened to your performance

14. Anxiety
“An emotional state, similar to fear, associated with arousal and accompanied by feelings of nervousness and apprehension”
This could be seen as the negative aspect of arousal.

15. Anxiety State – Constantly changing situation
Somatic – the body reaction
Cognitive – Nervous about situation

16. What might these players be feeling before going out on to the pitch
What might these players be feeling before going out on to the pitch? Will it have a positive or negative effect on their performance?

17. Arousal definition Inverted U / Drive theory How might it benefit performance How can it be controlled Anxiety definition State / Somatic / Cognitive