KP181 Chapter Chapter 7 part #3: KP 181 - Chapter 7 part #3
22 Apr 2018
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Athlete"s ability to know their optimal levels of soul and effectively regulate them is one of the most important techniques to ensuring athletic success. Three stages of mental training are; learning stages, training stages, and application stage. Athletes need to know when to relax to become energized in both training and competition. Many psychological skills training includes attention control training. Attention is a multidimensional construct having at least two components. It is considered to be a limited source and refers to the limitations people have when they perform things at the same time. Can be used to focus on relevant cues while disregarding irrelevant ones. Performing multiple tasks at once gets better with tranng. When performers get better at practicing their skills they can attend to relevant cues nd ignore irrelevant cues better. Less likely to get distracted by irrelevant cues. Choking in sport occurs when there is a significant decline in performance under high pressure conditions.
