Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Peripheral Vision, Lifestyle Management, Biofeedback

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Bob Larose

Document Summary

Definition systematic and consistent practice of mental or psychological skills. Psychological skills can be learned but must be practiced and integrated into your training routine. Psychological factors account for most day-to-day fluctuations in performance. These help make the sporting experience fun and helps meet everyone"s needs. Skills (initial focus: personal qualities to be attained or developed (ex. get up to bat and just ooze confidence) a. i. Attention control pay attention! ; don"t get distracted. Lifestyle management the way to conduct yourself in day-to-day life: psychological methods (secondary focus, procedures or techniques used to develop psychological skills a. i. Imagery seeing yourself shoot that foul shot. The intensity of motivation at any particular time. Activation or excitation ranging on a continuum from sleep to hyper-intensity. Caused by anticipation of an event, a threat, or worry. The result of a substantial imbalance between the physical and psychological demands of a task and one"s response capabilities under conditions where failure has important consequences.