KIN 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jack Nicklaus, Autogenic Training, Avoidance Coping
28 Apr 2016
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Self-analysis: monitor emotions in sport and thus increase self-awareness. You must increase your awareness of your psychological states before you can control your thoughts and feelings. Once you are aware of your optimal arousal, you can employ arousal regulation (reduction, maintenance, induction) strategies. How individuals cope with anxiety is more important than how much anxiety they experience. It"s not a case of getting rid of the butterflies, it"s a question of getting them to fly in formation. basketball coach jack donahue. Compared to non-elite athletes, elite athletes see their anxiety as facilitative rather than debilitative. Somatic anxiety reduction: progressive relaxation: learn to feel the tension in your muscles and then to let go of the tension. Over the course of time, people are able to identify the different levels of tension. This is akin to a weightlifter who can identify a weight be feeling it.
