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| Situational Source vs. Personal Source |
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Situational: Event importance, uncertainty of outcome, things outside your control.
Personal source: Trait anxiety, worry, low self-esteem, mental weakness. |
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| An imbalance between demands and ability to respond to those demands. Triggers the fight or flight response in the amygdala when failure has large consequences. Perception creates reality, establishing importance. PTSD is an extreme example. |
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| Negative emotional state with feelings of worry, nervousness and apprehension. |
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| Cognitive (mental) vs Somatic (physical) anxiety |
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Cognitive: Constant worry, negative thoughts, inability to concentrate, feelings of self-consciousness and trouble sleeping.
Somatic: Nerves, shortness of breath, high heart rate, sweating, clammy hands, dry mouth, butterflies. |
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| State anxiety vs Trait anxiety |
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State: Fluctuating levels of anxiety depending on the situation.
Trait: Anxious all the time. Examples include a worrier, anxiety experienced in evaluative situations and perceiving threats that might not be dangerous. |
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Low anxiety leads to an inverted-u performance style.
High anxiety: The more worry, the more likely to fall off of the "catastrophe cliff" during performance (choking.) |
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| Research shows it exists during seasons, but can have the opposite effect during playoffs. Rookies prefer to play on the road to be away from hometown pressure, while veterans don't have a strong preference. Typically prefers home due to less travel. |
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| Psychological (mind) and physiological (body) activation. Ranges in intensity as an adrenaline reaction. Examples include being pumped up vs relaxed, barely awake vs fully activated and following through pre-game routines. Measured on a scale of 1-10. |
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| IZOF (Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning) |
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| Founded by Hanin. Each person has their own specific energy level they will perform best at. |
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| Efforts to manage specific demands or conflicts appraised as taxing or exceeding one's resources. |
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| Problem focused coping vs Emotion focused coping |
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Problem focused coping: Efforts to manage problems causing stress. Includes time management, creating lists, compartmentalization and problem solving. Used when stressful situations can be changed.
Emotion focused coping: Regulating the emotional response. Examples include deep breaths, meditation, working out and cursing. Used when situations aren't going to change. |
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| A hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, especially in conditions of stress, increasing rates of blood circulatioon, breathing and carbohydrate metabolism and preparing muscles for exertion. |
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| Emotional Control (Somatic Anxiety Control) |
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Somatic Anxiety Control is made up of progressive relaxation, emotional triggers and deep breaths.
Progressive Relaxation: Tensing and relaxing one muscle group at a time.
Emotional Triggers: Train adrenaline response (Muhammad Ali and his stolen bike).
Deep Breaths: Circle breath. In through nose, hold, out through mouth. Elicits "relaxation response," increases oxygen in blood stream. Use 5 minutes before bed. |
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| State of focus involving a togetherness of the mind and body. |
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Train mind for the moment. Example includes the samurai candle.
Boosts brain connectivity and efficiency, increases grey matter in hippocampus (learning), and reduced grey matter in amygdala, (stress & anxiety)
Go to a quiet place in a comfortable position, repeat focus word (such as calm or relax) and maintain a passive mind. Let thoughts move through your mind. |
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