Social Facilitation

• Social facilitation looks at the effect that others have on the way we perform.
• Social facilitation: is when people watch us and they increase our arousal and our performance improves.
• Social inhibition: is when people watch us and they increase our arousal leading to mistakes and a detereoration in performance.
• A factor related to the audience that can affect performance is the size of the crowd.
• A factor related to the audience that can affect performance is the proximity of the crowd.
• A factor related to the audience that can affect performance is who is in the crowd.
• A factor related to the audience that can affect performance is if it is a home crowd.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is to practice with an audience.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is to try and shut out the audience.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is to decrease the importance of the event.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is to increase support by team members.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is the coach to help calm players down.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is to over learn skill so they are grooved and habitual.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is to mentally prepare for task by using relaxation techniques.
• A strategy to combat the effects of social inhibition is if possible in the early stages of skill learning coaches and teachers should try to ensure there is a non-evaluative atmosphere.