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Core 2
Factors affecting
Performance
Focus Question 2
How can psychology affect performance?
Psychology and sports performance
OLD FOCUS.
Psychology and sports performance
Motivation
Motivation is an internal state that activates, directs and
sustains behaviour towards achieving a particular goal.
Effort and the desire for achievement are related to the expectation
of an outside reward or fear of punishment from an outside source.
Furthermore, external motivation can be manipulated by those
responsible for its making. For example, bribes.
Mark Schwarzer:
What was the
The Hero
key to his
memorable
Made two
performance?
memorable saves
in the
penalty shootout
INSIDE THE #1 MIND
1) It is important to keep the crowd out of your mindset,
particularly being goalkeeper having the crowd right behind
you, abusing you, trying to distract you, so it is important to
zone them out and use selective hearing. The keeper has to
have the skill to not care about what they say and stay
focused on the game. Not the crowd.
2) The mental process - I analyse the players approach to
taking the penalty. Watching carefully how they position
themselves, their run-up and eye contact to maximise my
opportunities to save the ball. After I pick a side, the decide
either top or bottom
INSIDE THE #1 MIND
1) Take deep breaths and focus solely on the penalties,
keeping all other distraction away. During the shoot out I
remember all the positives Ive had in my career, like top
games in terms of saves, how much hard work I've put in
waking up early and training, always thinking no matter what
happens all friends & family will be proud of my
achievements and at the end of the day opportunities
like this dont come very often. Most importantly you
might think Im weird but I talk to myself both out loud
and in my mind, I keep positive thoughts in my head like I
can do it or Im going to save this to keep me confident
and boost my self-esteem Managing Anxiety
Techniques:
Relaxation
Concentration
Visualisation
Self-Talk