Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture 19: Kin Lecture 19.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Bob La Rose

Document Summary

Immediately prior to or during a contest: help participant focus on the task at hand, negative thought stopping (positive thinking, self-talk. Definition: an internal dialogue through which a person interprets feelings. & perceptions, regulates (changes) evaluations & convictions, & gives self-instructions and reinforcement. 6 dimensions of self-talk: self-determined or assigned (internal or external, perspective - internal, in head, vs external, out loud, valence - positive vs negative, direction - perception of motivating or demotivating. Intensity - impact on motivation: frequency - how often is it used. Performance can be influenced positively or negatively by some or all of the dimensions of self-talk: refocus. Recognize negative thought or problem but set it aside during competition. Realize can"t deal with it now, but will come back to it at a more appropriate time. Physically park the thought (with a touch), come back & retouch to reacquire when ready to deal with it: breath control.