Effects

• What are signs of over-motivation?

  • Over-training
  • Training addiction
  • Social Withdrawal
• What are effects of over-motivation?

  • Over-confidence
  • Decrement in performance
  • Burnout
  • Injury
• What are the effects of changes in arousal?

  • Improvements or decrements in performance
  • Changes in attentional focus
  • Increase in stress and anxiety levels
  • Experience of flow states
  • Choking
• What are 6 positive consequences of stress and anxiety?

  • Positive mental state
  • Increased self- confidence
  • Improvement in performance
  • Increased energy
  • Increased motivation
  • Increased focus
• What are 5 negative consequences of stress and anxiety?

  • Negative mental state
  • Loss of self-confidence
  • Decrement in performance
  • Injury
  • Agression
• Effects of agression?

  • Loss of concentration
  • Negative reputation
  • Bad sportsmanship
  • Lack of control over emotions
  • Decrement in future performances - long-term effect on well-being and self-confidence
  • Leading to depression or anxiety
• Effects of over confidence?

  • Miss relevant cues
  • Increased risk of injury
  • Decreased performance
• Effects of low self-confidence?

  • Miss relevant cues
  • Increased risk of injury
  • Decreased performance
  • Negative mental state
• Effects of optimal self-confidence?

  • Positive emotions
  • Concentration
  • Increased efforts
  • Execution of stratergy
• How can high expectations from your coach and of yourself effect performance?


  • Pressure to achieve
  • Negative mental state when you can't achieve
  • Overly self critical
• How can low expectations from your coach and of yourself effect performance?

  • Self doubt
  • Cognitive anxiety
  • Decreased efforts
  • Decreased motivation
• Effects of low self-esteem?

  • Low mood
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Excersise avoidance
  • Poor body image
  • Transition to adult sport difficult
• Effects of high self-esteem?

  • Leadership
  • Independence
  • Resilience
  • Adaptablity
• Characteristics of fixed mindset?

  • Avoid challenges
  • Ignore helpful feedback
  • High stress response
  • Threatended by other athletes
  • Give up easily with difficult challenges
  • Hide weaknesses
• Characteristics of growth mindset?

  • Rise to challenges
  • Open to suggestions for improvement
  • Thrive in difficult times
  • Resilient
  • Admire/ inspired by other athletes success
  • Appreciate talent but recognise efforts / dedication to master skills
  • Discuss weaknesses
• Effects of a fixed minset?

  • Lower levels of performance
  • Plateau earlier
  • Achieve less in their career
• Effects of growth mindset?

  • Higher levels of achievement
  • Better overall sense of psychological well-being
• Effect of learned helplessness?

  • Self-doubt
  • Belittle own ability
  • Negative feelings of anxiety and sadness
  • Decreased performance
• In what situations is higher levels of resilience important?

  • Injury
  • Burnout
  • During slumps in form
  • During career transitions
• Effect of burnout?

  • Lower levels of resilience
  • Take longer to recover
  • Need more support
• Effects of perfectionism?

  • Risk adverse
  • Reducxed levels of creativity and innovation
  • Potential to succeed is limited - won't try new things due to fear of failure
  • Adaptive perfectionism can enhance performance
  • Maladaptive perfectionism can decrease performance
• Positive effects of resilience in overcoming adversity?

  • Overcome injury
  • Overcome burnout
  • Overcome slump in form
  • Overcome difficulty in transitions