Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tabula Rasa, Hyperintensity

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

Psychological skills are innate (they can"t be learned) Only for problem athletes (had bad games, anxiety) Coach - there all the time, don"t need a specialist, they also know individuals best. Pre-season or even off-season to avoid stressful times during the actual season. On-going process integrated into practice needs assessment: not everyone is a blank slate and not everyone is at the same level. Evaluation and follow-up problems: lack of conviction, time, knowledge, follow-up: psychological skills (initial focus) personal qualities to be attained or developed i. e. target behaviours. Mental/physical foundation skills - dilbert comic: pride = skill process=method facilitative skills. Lifestyle management: psychological methods (secondary focus) procedures or techniques used to develop psychological skills (above) i. e. vehicles used to attain skills. The intensity of motivation at any particular time. Activation or excitation ranging on a continuum from sleep to hyper-intensity. Caused by anticipation of an event, a threat, or worry.