10012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roger Federer, Jargon, Biofeedback

• School: University of Canberra
• Department: University of Canberra
• Course: 10012
• Professor: Richard Keegan

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Lecture 2 - mental preparation for high performance sport. How do elite athletes prepare for: competition, training, unexpected events. Very important to distinguish whether the aims are: performance, welfare, transitions between levels / career stages. Only look at the techniques that support the desired outcome. Classi(cid:272) (cid:858)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal skills(cid:859: e. g. , imagery, goal-setting, self-talk, arousal (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol, (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)tratio(cid:374)/fo(cid:272)us , combine to create attributes such as confidence, motivation, etc, can be deployed in all contexts, and used in routines (pre-shot, pre-skill, pre- competition, etc. ) A lot of people evolve to do them naturally. Contemporary strategies: mindfulness-acceptance training - anxiety and confidence issues, resilience (versus mental toughness?, biofeedback / neuro-feedback - taking information about heart rate or brain etc. and use these. Learning how it should feel: emotional intelligence - sensing emotions. Can get effects that when people are very good at it will give themselves a low score: music - manage emotion and arousal, coping strategies.