Anxiety

• factors effecting anxiety:

  • individual differences - the way people interact with a situation
  • types of anxiety - trait/state
  • responses to anxiety - cognitive/somatic
  • the competition process - interaction between personality factors
• State anxiety: an individuals imeediatly but temporary level or anxiety in a particular situation
• Trait anxiety: general inclination of a person to perceive situations as threatening, stable, enduring and global (applies always)
• we can test anxiety by completing a sport competition anxiety test (18-average level of anxiety).
• individual zone of optimal function: found out that each individual has their own ideal level of anxiety which elicits their best performnace
• Athlete A has an IZOF (individual son of optimal functioning) at low anxiety
• Athlete B has a moderate anxiety level where there IZOF is
• Athlete C has a IZOF that requires high anxiety levels
• Achieving the IZOF zone looks effortless, automatic, focused and relaxed