Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Aerobic Exercise, Meta-Analysis, Stressor

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3388A/B
• Professor: Natascha Wesch

Document Summary

Stress is closely tied to the concept of emotion. Considerations: eustress: useful, beneficial stress, distress: debilitating, harmful stress. Sources of stress in sport: psychological concerns: Example: coa(cid:272)hes" (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374, demands of international soccer, competitive stressors, distractions. Chronic stressors: occurs over a long period of time. Acute stressors: occurs over a shorter period of time and its onset is much more sudden (if acute stressors are taken care of, they can become chronic stressors) Expected stressors: a stressor is one that an athlete plans or prepares for. Unexpected stressors: a stressor is one that is not anticipated. Majority of commonwealth athletes reported unexpected stress and perceived this type of stressor to be more threatening than expected stressor. Competitive stressors: stressors that are experienced prior to, during, or immediately after competition. Non-competitive stressors: stressor that are related to sport but are not directly part of an actual competition performance.