week 4
aim of the week: to be able to provide a programme which will help reduce cognitive anxiety.
Hi there i hope you have been visiting my blog page and keeping up to date with all the elements I have spoken about, hopefully it will have helped you and benefited you guys to an extent where you will be happy.
on the training ground
I will try to help the athlete put this style into practice now when he is attending training, the situations which I have across before, I will try to re-create those exact situations in training. Hence I will try to encourage and support the athlete as much as possible in terms of applying and adapting the reconstruction . I will to be effective when it comes to this as i will need to think about how the athlete will need to come across this situation, I perhaps may set a free kick competition or penalty competition in which the athlete will need to come across this style.
verbalising positive alternatives out loud can also help to deliver the message as this can alert their attention and will also intrigue the athlete.
Hi there i hope you have been visiting my blog page and keeping up to date with all the elements I have spoken about, hopefully it will have helped you and benefited you guys to an extent where you will be happy.
cognitive anxiety can be defined as the the mental component of state anxiety, caused by fear,
negative self-evaluation and threat to self-esteem.
off the training ground
off the training ground
In the cognitive the individual athlete is thinking what the
outcome could be then has a self-doubt which concludes to a negative approach,
in the somatic anxiety the individual is hyping too much as he has superior
confidence and believes he has the ability to perform however just before kick
off he feels surrounded by negative thoughts and is then forced to think
negatively which affects his anxiety levels in a negative form.
Graph of cognitive anxiety: as you can see in this graph the
level of anxiety drops as his performance is affected by all the self-doubts
and negative thoughts.
The build-up may depend on the situation and may vary
sometimes you can get butterflies. anxiety is fear. Anxiety is normal. It's
normal to feel scared before a big event. Anxiety can show up as a variety of
body signals: elevated heart rate, excessive sweating, cold hands, diarrhea or
those butterflies in your stomach. It can also show up as difficulty sleeping,
difficulty concentrating, and jumbled thoughts. These symptoms are telling you
that you are feeling threatened and they are your body’s way of telling you to
"get ready".
The pressure
experienced by football players especially at a professional level is
recognised as influencing playing performance. Heavy playing schedules,
competition for team places, the media and fans as well as the pressure to win
trophies all play a part in players developing high stress and anxiety levels.
Even experienced players can suffer from pre-match stress. Developing ways to
control this is important in order to prevent players from "falling"
apart.
As you can seen from the questionnaire you scored 14 in the cognitive anxiety section however we have to maintain this as it is a very important factor which may affect your sports performance.
In order to help athlete x i will ask him to have a brainstorming session and tell him to write down all the negative and positive things which will affect him in training, pre-competition and during competition. this will balance out his emotions and thoughts and will help me identify what exactly goes on in his mind.
As you can seen from the questionnaire you scored 14 in the cognitive anxiety section however we have to maintain this as it is a very important factor which may affect your sports performance.
In order to help athlete x i will ask him to have a brainstorming session and tell him to write down all the negative and positive things which will affect him in training, pre-competition and during competition. this will balance out his emotions and thoughts and will help me identify what exactly goes on in his mind.
Training
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Pre – competition
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During competition
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Negative or irrelevant thoughts/statements
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positive or relevant thoughts/statements
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athlete X filled the table in:
Training
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Pre – competition
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During competition
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Negative or irrelevant thoughts/statements
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“ I don’t think I’ve been good in training today, manager
might not pick me”
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“ what if I embarrass myself in front of everyone by performing
a silly mistake”
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Misses crucial chance to earn all 3 points. Gets the ball
on 89th minute, rounds the keeper but misses open goal
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positive or relevant thoughts/statements
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“ I was happy with my performance, don’t think there’ll be
any problems for me getting picked”
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“ im going to score today”
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Let’s fly from 25 yards in the 75th minutes and
sends the ball sailing into the top corner to send his team up to first in
the league
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on the training ground
I will try to help the athlete put this style into practice now when he is attending training, the situations which I have across before, I will try to re-create those exact situations in training. Hence I will try to encourage and support the athlete as much as possible in terms of applying and adapting the reconstruction . I will to be effective when it comes to this as i will need to think about how the athlete will need to come across this situation, I perhaps may set a free kick competition or penalty competition in which the athlete will need to come across this style.
verbalising positive alternatives out loud can also help to deliver the message as this can alert their attention and will also intrigue the athlete.
Positive Self Talk to Reduce Cognitive Anxiety
ReplyDeleteP7 Planned Programme
Another fantastic post onto your blog this week Jaffar. You have chosen to look and address your athlete’s anxiety control and the chosen technique of Self Talk will certainly address this. Your activities and exercise are also well planned and easy to follow.
M4 Explain the programme
The concept of cognitive anxiety ( and anxieties multidimensional nature) has been explained in enough detail to the athlete to engage them but not blind them with psychological theory as has Self Talk. The use of examples should also aid their understanding and shows that; you not only have knowledge of the concepts but understand them as well as the information is well applied.
D3: Justified the Programme
You have fully and clearly justified; giving succinct reasons for and linked your decision to the results gained form the athlete assessment and explained this to the athlete. The demands of their sport have also been accounted for and the benefits the performer will gain are clearly written in terms of decreasing anxiety and subsequently performance.