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Emotional Regulation in Sports
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Deep Breathing
Steps: Find a quiet place, inhale deeply through the nose, hold the breath, exhale slowly through the mouth. Outcomes: Reduces physiological arousal and helps calm the mind, preparing an athlete for high-performance situations.
Mindfulness Meditation
Steps: Sit comfortably, focus on the breath, and observe thoughts without judgment. Outcomes: Improves focus on the present moment, reduces stress, and helps in managing adversities during performance.
Time Management
Steps: Prioritize tasks, create a schedule, allocate time for training and rest. Outcomes: Reduces stress from feeling overwhelmed, ensures balanced preparation, and improves mental readiness.
Journaling
Steps: Write about your experiences, thoughts, and feelings surrounding your sport. Outcomes: Facilitates self-reflection, helps identify emotional triggers, and tracks emotional growth over time.
Adaptive Self-Talk
Steps: Reframe negative or stressful thoughts into challenges or opportunities. Outcomes: Encourages a growth mindset, enhances resilience, and improves performance under stress.
Positive Visualization
Steps: Close your eyes, vividly imagine performing successfully, experience the associated positive emotions. Outcomes: Enhances mental preparation, reduces anxiety, and can improve actual performance.
Biofeedback
Steps: Use electronic devices to monitor physiological responses, learn to control these responses. Outcomes: Enhances awareness and control over the body's stress responses, improving emotional regulation during competition.
Goal Setting
Steps: Define specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals. Outcomes: Increases motivation, provides direction for focus, and helps measure progress, leading to better emotional control.
Centering
Steps: Focus on a central point of the body, breathe deeply, and visualize balance and calm. Outcomes: Helps regain emotional balance and refocuses attention, improving physical coordination and control.
Social Support
Steps: Seek encouragement and advice from coaches, teammates, family, and friends. Outcomes: Helps manage stress, improves coping strategies, and can provide a sense of belonging and confidence.
Exposure Therapy
Steps: Gradually expose oneself to the sources of performance anxiety. Outcomes: Reduces fear of particular sports situations, increases familiarity and comfort with stress-inducing scenarios.
Physical Exercise
Steps: Engage in regular physical activity outside sport-specific training. Outcomes: Improves mood, reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety, and enhances overall well-being.
Self-Talk
Steps: Use positive and motivational phrases to talk to oneself. Outcomes: Increases self-efficacy, decreases negative thoughts, and helps maintain focus under pressure.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
Steps: Tense and then relax each muscle group in sequence from head to toe. Outcomes: Releases muscle tension, decreases overall stress, and helps focus the mind on the present.
Cognitive Restructuring
Steps: Identify negative thoughts, challenge their validity, replace them with positive affirmations. Outcomes: Alters negative thought patterns, boosts self-confidence and enables positive thinking in pressure situations.
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