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MISCONCEPTION 1: STRESS IS
HIGH SITUATIONAL DEMAND
are not inherently stressful because
Situations
competitive demands exceed performers response
STRESSFUL LIFE
EVENTS RESEARCH
Individuals who experience stressful life events
such as taking a new job, moving, getting married
or divorced, having a baby, losing a loved one,
dealing with serious medical problems report
higher stress levels than those with mundane lives.
Sport has many competitive experiences that can
be stressful such as playing for a new team, having
a new coach, moving up or down in competitive
level, going through a slump, experiencing lengthy
winning or losing streaks or getting benched or
starting unexpectedly.
STRESS = ACCUMULATION
OF DAILY HASSLES
Lifes daily hassles include: the alarm not going
MISCONCEPTION 2: STRESS IS
AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
WHAT IS STRESS?
LAZARUS MODEL
OF STRESS
primary appraisal
secondary appraisal
coping resources
PRIMARY APPRAISAL
COMPONENTS OF
PRIMARY APPRAISAL
SECONDARY APPRAISAL
When primary appraisal confirms that
COMPONENTS OF
SECONDARY APPRAISAL
perceived control assesses whether personal coping
efforts can reduce or eliminate the source of
uncertainty in the situation.
OVERALL APPRAISAL
Whether overall appraisal of the situation is
CHALLENGE APPRAISALS
optimistic emotions,
constructive coping strategies, and
effective performance.
THREAT APPRAISALS
Threat appraisals occur when performers
pessimistic emotions,
ineffective problem-solving strategies, and
subpar performance.
COPING RESOURCES
problem-solving and
emotion-management.
PROBLEM-SOLVING
competing activities,
increasing effort,
informational social support,
self talk, and
active coping.
EMOTION-MANAGEMENT
social support,
relaxation,
reappraisal and positive thinking,
wishful thinking,
self blame and isolation, and
mental and behavioral withdrawal.
POSITIVE APPRAISAL
EMOTIONS
expectation of success
excitement/readiness physical
activation of the autonomic nervous
system that is interpreted as effective
physical preparation.
NEGATIVE APPRAISAL
EMOTIONS
self-confidence
excitement
readiness
Physical
Mental
cognitive anxiety
somatic anxiety
Debilitative
WHAT IS STRESS
MANAGEMENT?
PROBLEM-SOLVING
STRATEGIES
competitive engineering
personal engineering
problem-solving and
mental plans
COMPETITIVE
ENGINEERING
reducing unnecessary
uncertainty
removing excessive
importance dont
overemphasize winning
PERSONAL
ENGINEERING
parts, and
constantly critique problemsolving efforts.
CONSTRUCT MENTAL
PLANS
frequently-encountered problem
situations,
game plan for dealing with
problems,
Mental Plans deal with problems
before, during and after practice
and competition.
EMOTION
MANAGEMENT MODEL
arousal-triggered stress
and
thought-triggered stress.
TOTAL EMOTION
MANAGEMENT PACKAGES
rapid relaxation is
TOTAL EMOTION
MANAGEMENT PACKAGES
TOTAL EMOTION
MANAGEMENT PACKAGES
TEMPs PRACTICE
STRATEGIES