Task#1: Relationship and Anxiety

 

TASK # 1 : Relationship & Anxiety

A.     Discuss how relationship and anxiety serve as an aid in helping athletes achieve it's full potentials. Cite examples. 

 One of the most significant and fascinating areas of study in sports psychology is "anxiety", which has drawn numerous researchers who have largely focused on athletes' and coaches' experiences with worry (Guillen and Sanchez, 2009).

There are two main types of anxiety:

Trait anxiety is a personality trait that causes consistent worry or behavior regardless of the situation.

State anxiety: this is changeable and varies depending upon the situation. It is a temporary mood state, and it comprises of two types: Anxiety about cognitive state - the degree of concern

 

Sport psychology is a specialty that employs psychological knowledge and abilities to solve problems related to athletes' optimal performance and wellbeing, the social and developmental elements of participating in sports, and systemic problems with sports environments and organizations.

According to The Importance of a Strong Coach-Athlete Relationship, real connections between athletes and coaches foster increased confidence, improved communication, and a competitive spirit. Besides, having an effective and successful "coach-athlete relationship" enhances the inclination of the athlete to deploy their capabilities and assets.

Going back to the coach-athlete relationship and anxiety is one of the fundamental ingredients in order to foster the full potential of the athletes. Athletes' genuine relationship with their coaches authentically helps them nourish a strong connection and establish inspiration within themselves from their coaches aside from their parents.

Furthermore, anxiety aids athletes in remaining motivated about their performance.Conquering their fears and anxieties really helps them to be prompted, resulting in their being fulfilled in the end.

  

Example: 

1. Building good rapport with coaches aids athletes to achieve their full potential.

2. Competitive anxiety can alter athletes' emotions, which can harm their function and performance.

B.     On the other hand, share the challenges and difficulties you often meet in applying relationships and anxiety in your athletes as well as instances relationship and anxiety pose as a barrier in achieving their limits.

 

It is undeniably evident that encountering some challenges and hurdles in every performance, such as sports, Indeed, facing difficulties such as ingenuine coach-athlete relationships and anxieties is ineluctable.

Having these kinds of dilemmas greatly influences their willingness to skyrocket their aspirations. For example, extreme and unmanageable anxiety in an athlete may cause them to injure themselves as a way of expressing their dissatisfaction with how they feel, potentially leading to suicidal thoughts, poor performance, and so on.The same goes for a lack of a creative relationship between coaches and athletes.

Hence, moderate degrees of anxiety, according to Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson, enhance performance in both humans and animals. Of course, excessive worry lowers performance, but so does insufficient anxiety. Their findings have been proven numerous times in experimental settings, both in humans and animals.

References:

 

 Guillen F, Sanchez R. Competitive anxiety in expert female athletes: sources and intensity of anxiety in National Team and First Division Spanish basketball players. Percept Mot Skills . 2009;109(2):407–19. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

 

The Importance of a Strong Coach-Athlete Relationship. www.nfhs.org, https://www.nfhs.org/articles/the-importance-of-a-strong-coach-athlete-relationship/#:~:text=Genuine%20relationships%20between%20athletes%20and,athletic%20progress%20and%20personal%20growth.

 

“The Relationship Between Anxiety and Performance.” Harvard Business Review, hbr.org, 6 Jan. 2014, https://hbr.org/2014/01/the-relationship-between-anxiety-and-performance.