PSYC 2660 Lecture 23: Lecture 23

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2660
• Professor: Garry Martin

Document Summary

A game-day plan: from the ime of awakening to an hour before the game. A pre-compeiion plan: starts an hour or so before the game so one can minimize distracions and maximize the athletes mental readiness to perform. A compeiion focus plan: to ensure that once the compeiion begins, the athlete will experience the covert and overt behaviours associated with opimal performance. A refocusing plan: for dealing with uncontrollable distractors that might be encountered. A well-designed pre-compeiion plan should ensure that the athlete: Is reasonably free of excessive nervousness or anxiety. Focuses on realisic performance standard or execuion goals lomoarcpsd| 987298. Is ready to atend to task-relevant cues at the ime that the compeiion begins. Strategies that can be followed to help athletes develop pre-compeiion plans. Provide a best/worst compeiion quesionnaire for the athlete: when compleing such a form, the athlete might be prompted to pay special atenion warm-up and the entrance into compeiion to the interval between.