Anxiety

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    • 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
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