stress management - lewis

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  1. 3. cognitive stress management technique - uses a mental image of the skill - visualising a role model - player visualises feelings associated with the skill
  2. 4. info drawn from the environment
  3. 5. mental analysis of numerous cues
  4. 6. cognitive stress management technique - suggests that performers can choose an attention style that is sutiable for the situation - the ability of the performer to take in info is directly linked to the levels of arousal - low lvl= lots of cues taken in but too much info causes confusion - high lvl= attentional wastage and narrowing becasue of limited info processing occuring
  5. 10. negative response of the body to a threat, causing anxiety
  6. 11. cognitive stress management technique - when an irraitonal thought occurs a performer uses a learnt action to remove it - cue linked to a single movement that is linked to the negative thoguth to redirect attention to the task
  7. 12. rehearsal cognitive stress management technique - process of going over the movemnts of a task in the mind before it takes place - helps with the memory of the routein - good in sports with sequences
  8. 14. cognitive stress management technique - the ability to process info is directly linked to the level of arousal
  9. 15. somatic stress management techniwue - using deep diaphrgametic breathing as a means of relaxastion - form of breathing contorl when perofmer can learn to relax shoulder and chest while concentraitng on the slwo movement of the abdominals - diverts attention away from stressor - eg: conversion kick in rugby
  10. 16. type of stress - physiological - increased hr and br - increased sweating - nausea - sickness - muscular tension - dilated pupils
  11. 17. cognitive stress management technique - perofrmer replaces negative thoughts with positive ones - overocme the bad habit through talking through how to solve a problem
  12. 19. picking up a wide range of cues in the environment
  13. 21. type of stress - psychological - irrational thinking - negative thoughts and feelings - loss of concentration - fear of failure - attentional narrowing
  14. 22. cognitive stress management technique - recreate a successful image of the action from prior performance when it was completed successfully - player recalls the feel of the movment - player can add the emotions associated with the succesfull action - mental escapce from the stress - imagining a calm place
  15. 23. info drawn from within the performer
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  1. 1. mental practice of 1-2 importnat cues
  2. 2. focus is directed to 1 cue in the environment
  3. 7. positive aspect of anxiety/stress
  4. 8. when increased arousal and anxiety lead to the reduction of info processing of the cues within the environment
  5. 9. somatic stress management techniwue - uses a measuring device to help the athelte recognise the physcial chanegs when they are under stress - eg measuirng hr - athlete learns to recognise the symptoms and can evenstually do so without the device
  6. 13. best to focus on 1-2 cues
  7. 18. cause of stress --> injury - important match - good opponent - high prize - fear of failure
  8. 19. number of cues can be identified
  9. 20. somatic stress management techniwue - physcial technique - performer alternates between a state of tension in a group of muscle to a state of relaxation in the same group of muscules - group of muscles tensed and then held and then relax and are work progeessively from the periphery to the centre of the body