Part 5: Is Competition Good or Bad?

• Is Competition Good or Bad?

  • ====>>>   PERCEPTION
  • Is about perception 
  • Is how they perceive it that matters 
  • Some do get a lot of stress & lowers self-esteem 
  • Build others self-esteem
• Is Competition Good or Bad?

  • Evidence for & against 
  • Good or bad? Somewhere in middle 
  • Doesn’t mean all bad bc/ some people can’t cope as well 
  • Sport can be good & bad
  • Depends on how they perceive it that matters
• Summary of Competition 

  • Competition is a social evaluation PROCESS
  • Others involved 
  • Is not sport unless it is competitive
• Summary of Competition

  • Competition itself is neither good nor bad; it depends on how competition is PERCEIVED
• Summary of Competition 

  • Competition has a direct and indirect impact on all psychological skills needed for performance (eg., state anxiety, motivation, self-confidence)
  • Massive impact on anxiety, motivation & self-confidence
• Summary of Competition

  • Underlies almost all areas in sport psychology:
  • ===> competition is a very significant part of the social environment (E from the  B = P x E  formula)