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Which of the following best describes the role of coping strategies in sport?
Why might relaxation techniques work for one athlete but not another?
If a coach frames an upcoming match as an opportunity to demonstrate progress, this is an example of a:
A sprinter is working with a psychologist on her self-talk. In a training study she performed a sprint-start task under three conditions: after negative self-talk, with no self-talk, and after positive self-talk. The figure shows her task performance in each condition.
Figure: Task performance under three self-talk conditions
(a) Give one example each of positive and negative unintentional self-talk.
(b) Using the figure, how self-talk affected the sprinter's performance across the three conditions.
(c) The sprinter repeats 'drive, drive, drive' off the blocks. whether this is instructional or motivational self-talk, and whether it is problem- or emotion-focused.
(d) Before the race she tells herself 'I have trained for this'. Classify this self-talk in the same two ways.
When a sprinter feels anxious because of unpredictable weather, this is best described as:
They completely remove all stressors
They help athletes manage responses to stressors
They eliminate personality differences
They only work in individual sports, not team sports
Relaxation methods are equally effective for all athletes in all situations.
Effectiveness depends on situational and individual differences.
Relaxation is most effective when anxiety levels are moderate, not very low or very high.
Relaxation is most effective when matched to the athlete’s preferences and the demands of the sport.
(e) two practical mechanisms an athlete can use to develop helpful self-talk.
(f) why the same self-talk phrase might be problem-focused for one athlete but emotion-focused for another.
Negative stressor
Positive stressor
Chronic stressor
Uncontrollable stressor
A controllable stressor
A positive stressor
An uncontrollable stressor
A physiological strain
