KINE 3000 Lecture 12: KINE 3000 Lecture 12

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 3000
• Professor: Joseph Baker

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Lecture 12: zones of optimal functioning (hanin 1980) Individual athletes have zone of optimal anxiety in which their best performance occurs. People have different levels of anxiety & arousal unique in making them perform at their best some perform best with low a & a some with high. Pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al, support, shoes a(cid:374)(cid:454)iet(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:271)e(cid:374)efi(cid:272)ial (cid:271)ut we do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)ow wh(cid:455) : catastrophe theory (fazey & hardy 1988, hardy 1990) States that as long as there are lower thoughts of anxiety, then performance will be best at a medium level of physical arousal. When cognitive anxiety in low = inverted u. A certain amount of physiological is needed not a lot of thoughts. Physiological arousal is beneficial up to certain point (cid:271)ut (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d that poi(cid:374)t (cid:455)ou"ll see a drasti(cid:272) drop i(cid:374) perfor(cid:373)ance. Ideal recovery path is harder to get too. Identify their optimal levels of arousal in practice & competition settings.