SPS 431

FUNDAMENTAL OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

(TYPE 2)

PSYCHOLOGY ISSUES

DATUK LEE CHONG WEI(ATHLETE), TIGER WOODS(ATHLETE) AND

JURGEN KLOPP(COACH)

LECTURER: DR. AHMAD FIKRI MOHD KASSIM

NAME : MOHD ANWAR REDZUAN

MATRIC NUMBER : 2020856068
COURSE PROGRAMME : RSR2451A BACHELOR HEALTH AND FITNESS
1.1 INTRODUCTION

DATUK LEE CHONG WEI

Datuk Lee Chong Wei was born on October 21, 1982 in Bagan Serai, Perak, to Lee
Ah Chai and Khor Kim Choi. In his childhood, when he is studying SRJK (C) Jit Sin,
Berapit, Datuk Lee Chong Wei loves basketball, but his mother forbade him from venturing
into the sport because of searing outside the basketball court, since then, he began learned
badminton when he was 11 years old, when his father, who loved to play the sport, took him
to the badminton court.

Stress is a body reaction that occurs when a person faces threats, pressure, or a change. Stress
can also occur because of situations or thoughts that make a person feel hopeless, nervous,

angry, or excited. The situation will trigger the body's response, both physically and mentally.
Stress is not something new for a Datuk Lee Chong Wei. This is said so because as a
representative of the national players he will certainly experience various situations that will
bring stress to him. For example, he needs to maintain his performance in the sport of
badminton in order to raise the name of Malaysia, to satisfy the community, maintain the best
position in the world, fulfill his own desire to win a prestigious competition in order to
maintain the dignity of himself, race and country. Where of course he does not want himself
and the community to be disappointed when they see him lose in a competition and so on.

Based on some of the articles I have been in while researching, I found that there are many
psychological disorders faced during the heyday and service of Datuk Lee Chong Wei as a
national badminton player. Among the psychological disorders include arousal and anxiety,
motivation and self-confidence. This psychological disorder arises as a result of various
situations where Datuk Lee Chong Wei has been diagnosed with nasal cancer and the issue of
doping (substance abuse).

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 2.1 CONCEPT AND KNOWLEDGE IN SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY IN PERSON’S
REAL EXPERIENCED

Datuk Lee Chong Wei was initially identified and diagnosed with nasal cancer in
September 2018 and has been treated immediately since then but news of the problem is no
longer widely reported to the media and community. According to Astro Awani online
article, Datuk Lee Chong Wei was facing Nasopharyngeal Cancer. As a result, he facing
some psychological interference causing him unable to sleep and eat properly for a week.
Datuk Lee Chong Wei admitted that his heart was broken when he was told he had nasal
cancer, a few months ago. “I cried for a week… I can’t eat, I can’t sleep,” said Datuk Lee
Chong Wei, in a special press conference at the headquarters of the Badminton Association
of Malaysia (BAM), here today. It can be concluded from the online article that Datuk Lee
Chong Wei has suffered from psychological interference when he found out that he was
suffered from nasal cancer which he did not expect to suffer from the disease.

Other than that, Datuk Lee Chong Wei also experienced psychological interference as a result
where he has been accused/found using illicit substances (drugs). According to an online
article published by MYNEWSHUB states that Datuk Lee Chong Wei has failed in sample B
Doping test. Due to this, Datuk Lee Chong Wei claimed that he had suffered from
psychological interference due to allegation. “My knees are shaking and I cannot stand or sit
after reading the letter that I have failed the doping test” said Datuk Lee Chong Wei, to well-
known Malaysian sports blogger Satwant Singh Dhaliwal. Earlier, the Badminton
Association of Malaysia (BAM) and Youth and Sport Ministry Khairy Jamaluddin refused to
name the individual who failed the test was Chong Wei. The word number one badminton
player who was tested positive for sample B doping tests, last Friday for using the banned
substances ‘dexamethasone’ thanked his supporters for his undivided support during this
difficult time. Datuk Lee Chong Wei also stated I have never cheated and never made any
attempt to cheat thus this is like a lighting bolt, destroying all my hard work all this time. “I
strongly believe in hard work in order to achieve success so that when faced with accusations
(like this) I am confused and stunned,” he said. There are so many unanswered questions and
I hope to clear my name in the near future. I do not cheat or rely on prohibited substances at
all, said Datuk Lee Chong Wei. “I look back, the whole 15 years I went through as a
badminton player became smoke. I was so hit and did not know what to do.

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According to this MYNEWSHUB article also when faced with this chaotic situation, Datuk
Lee Chong Wei told his wife Datin Wong Mew Choo suggested that they rest abroad to clear
their minds and let the authorities investigate this matter in order to minimize psychological
disturbances for the benefit of Datuk Lee Chong Wei. “The Minister of youth and Sports
(Khairy Jamaluddin) paid direct attention to this case, I am grateful that he guided me an
gave good advice on how to deal with the problems that arise,” said Datuk Lee Chong Wei.
“I was told that the drug was injected into me on July 18 and how the effects are still there
until August is something I cannot explain. “Suffice it to say I have never taken medicines
outside of what was prescribed to me and denied my suggestion to take traditional herbs that
contain prohibited substances. “I went through one of the competition tests on August 15 and
it was clean. Therefore, it is mystery why this substance was found in the body on 30 August,
he said. Finally, after the investigation, Datuk Lee Chong Wei still sentenced to eight months
in suspension for doping offenses by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) effective 30
August 2014. Based on the article also stated that, Datuk Lee Chong Wei also stated that he
was disappointed and saddened by Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) decisions but
agreed to admit his negligence in taking medicine that contain illicit substances. The
government, coaches, families and the community also gave words of encouragement to
Datuk Lee Chong Wei so that he could not give up and remain steadfast in facing the test.
With the moral support from Datuk Lee Chong Wei ‘s community, the psychological
interference faced by Datuk Lee Chong Wei can be minimized and curbed in order to
continue living positive life.

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1.2 INTRODUCTION

TIGER WOODS

Eldrick Tont Woods or better known as Tiger Woods was born on December 30,
1975 is an American professional golfer who is one of the most successful golfers of all time.
He has been one of the highest paid athletes in the world for a number of years. Following an
outstanding amateur and two years of college golf career, Woods became a professional
player at the age of 20 at the end of the summer of 1996. In April 1997, he won his first
major, the 1997 Masters, in a record-breaking performance, winning the tournament by 12
strokes and pockets $ 486,000. He first reached the number one position in the world
rankings in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf, spending
264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October
2010.

The name Tiger Woods is no stranger to the world where he is believed to be facing
psychological problems. Perhaps at the glance, many people will imagine the wonderful life
of Tiger Woods. Where not, he has won various awards held a world record, achieved many
achievements and can be said to have everything. However, despite all that, there is still a
story of grief that is not told or expressed.

In terms of psychological issues especially personality, tiger Woods does indeed have a
unique personality and is quite difficult to understand. In psychology, personality is defined
as a set of emotional patterns, thoughts and behaviors unique to a person and consistent with
time. Personality is also closely related to the actions of a person who wants to express the
characteristics of emotional and thought control. Personality plays an important role a person
from an external point of view plays a self-character. Accordingly, one of the research
explains the appearance of the self can be measured from the inside and can be expressed on
the outside.

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Tiger Woods' personality is one of the reasons why he faces various situations that cause
other psychological problems for example arousal and anxiety, motivation, aggression, self-
confidence, and stress.

2.2 CONCEPT AND KNOWLEDGE IN SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY IN PERSON’S

REAL EXPERIENCED

According to an online article namely Siakap Keli, Tiger Woods has gone through
everything that could have ruined human dreams. But he still got up despite falling many
times. Remember that question? It fell 7 times. Wake up 8 times. Tiger Woods once suffered
from a psychological disorder in which he lost motivation, depression and sadness when
severe injuries to some parts of his body. The article stated that He was once in a bad
physical condition. Cannot hit the golf ball. It is difficult to hold a golf club. Unable to bow
down to pick up golf balls and various other physical difficulties. This may be due to his
military-style physical training regime as a result of his father's education since he started
playing golf. Yet he persevered through it all with perseverance and regained his physical
well-being.

According to a BBC News article, one of the causes of Tiger Woods' anxiety and grief is as a
result of his divorce from Elin Nordegren. “We are sad that our marriage is over and we hope
that we will all get the best out of it in the future,” they said in a statement. They say they
plan to “share parental duties for their two children”. Not only that, he suffered from anxiety
as a result of parting ways with his wife at the time for thinking about the fate of his two
children when he found out their parents were going to divorce.

Motivation is a psychological symptom in the form of an urge that arises in a person

consciously to perform an action with a specific purpose. Motivation can also be in the form
of efforts that can cause a particular person or group of people to do something because they
want to achieve the goals they want or get satisfaction with their actions. Motivation plays a
strategic role in one's learning activities. No one learns without motivation. No motivation
means no learning activities. In order for the role of motivation to be more optimal, the
principles of motivation in learning are not only known, but must also be explained in daily
activities. Despite having many other negative psychological problems, the psychological

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issues of motivation found in Tiger Woods have really helped him to become a more
successful human being and athlete. For example, by winning the Golf Master Championship
in 2019.

Intrinsic motivation is behavior motivated by internal desires. In other words, the behavior
done with this motivation is a gift to ourselves, and does not need to be given by others as an
external source. Everything we do in this case is for our own good and interest, not expecting
anything in return or appreciation from others (external factors). Tiger Woods said, “In the
past, I played because of my father and mother. But now I play for myself”. He added’ “My
father used to be my biggest motivation. He who always shaped me, gave me the motivation
to be the best. But now I am the one who has become a father. I want to give encouragement
and motivation to my children. They were born when I was in the fall. For them golf was
something that had hurt their father. Golf was a problem for their father. But I hope this
victory will give them sweet memories of golf”.

Extrinsic motivation meaning is derived from the outside. This occurs when we are motivated
to engage in behavior or engage in an activity to obtain rewards or to avoid punishment. For
example, you go to a competition to win a cash prize or an award. Naturally, the purpose of a
person participating in a competition is to become a champion as well as Tiger Woods where
he has won many golf competitions in and won cash prizes etc. even sweeter while winning
the 5th Master's Championship in 2019.

In achieving many championships in the sport of golf, Tiger Woods is indeed dependent on
these two types of motivation especially intrinsic because for Tiger Woods extrinsic
motivation is just a bonus from his interest in the sport of golf.

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1.3 JURGEN KLOPP

Jurgen Norbert Klopp was on born 16 June 1967 is a former German footballer and
currently serves as the manager of the English Premier League club, Liverpool. Jürgen Klopp
is considered one of the best managers in the world. Often the philosophy of football that he
practiced was the counter-emphasis tactic or better known as the Gegenpressing tactic.

In 2015, Jurgen Klopp was appointed Liverpool manager and has contributed various titles to
the club. He guided Liverpool to the UEFA Champions League finals twice in 2018 and
2019. He also guided Liverpool to win the UEFA Champions League trophy for the sixth
time in 2019. Jurgen Klopp's team also finished second in the 2018 English Premier League. -
19 with 97 points; the third highest number in the history of the top of the English League,
and the team that collected the most points without winning the title. The following season,
he won the UEFA Super Cup and helped Liverpool win the FIFA Club World Cup for the
first time. Klopp has also guided Liverpool to 44 unbeaten matches in the English Premier
League by recording the second longest unbeaten record in English football history.

Among the psychological issues closely related to Jurgen Klopp are personality, leadership
and arousal and anxiety and sport fan/spectator behavior. Personality is the dynamic
organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique

adjustment to his environment. Jurgen Klopp has a unique personality as he is able to adapt
well especially as long as he is the coach of Liverpool Football Club. According to Stoner,
leadership is a process in directing or influencing the related activities of an organization or
group in order to achieve a specific goal. Arousal and anxiety are important in a person.
According to Jurgen Klopp, a balanced level of arousal and anxiety is important in an athlete

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and coach in order to produce good performance and action in a sport or planning. According
to Wann 1997, sport fans is a person who is interested in and follow sports, athlete, or team
while sport spectators is a person who at a specific moment in time, is watching or listening
to a sporting event, live, on radio, on the internet or on television. Jurgen Klopp Jurgen Klopp
is well known for his sociability and service especially to the supporters of Liverpool
Football Club.

2.3 CONCEPT AND KNOWLEDGE IN SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY IN PERSON’S

REAL EXPERIENCED

The researcher will choose to dig into more detail the psychological issues of
leadership and sport fan/spectators behaviour found in Jurgen Klopp. The notion of
leadership is an ability contained within a person to be able to influence others or guide
certain parties to achieve goals. According to Sondang P. Siagian, leadership can be defined
as a person's ability when serving as the leader of a particular organization in influencing
others, especially his subordinates. This is done so that they are able to act and think in
accordance with certain instructions so that the goal can be achieved easily. Jurgen Klopp has
indeed shown high leadership qualities and has been recognized by many leading coaches
such as Sir Alex Ferguson.

Based on several online articles, namely My Metro and Kompasiana.com stated that He is not
a magician, but his arrival changed Liverpool significantly. Not by results, because indeed the
results achieved by Henderson are still a breeze. But look at the performance. The Reds now
have an excellent mentality. Do not panic when left behind. Not too Friday when winning.
And to be sure, have great confidence when facing teams in the top four rankings.

Not only that, according to a statement published in the online newspaper Berita Harian.com,
Jurgen Klopp also takes great care and respect of the players in the team, especially during
the Covid-19 pandemic season. Klopp is indeed known as a humorous figure and close to his
players. Most visible in the competition, when there are players who leave the field to be
replaced by other players, there will be smiles and enthusiastic hugs given by the coach as a
sign of pride. When a team succeeds in winning, it will mingle on the field to congratulate its

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players, and when it loses, there will still be enthusiasm given to show that they have done
their best. Jurgen Klopp said his ability to build close ties with Liverpool players was one of
the secrets to his success while guiding the club. Although the Premier League competition
has been postponed to at least until April 30 due to the new coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19),
Klopp remains in touch with his lineup through the WhatsApp application. It is an approach
that Klopp believes is able to better understand each line of his players. The German operator
is keen to know in more detail about each player's life to enable him to understand their
character while on the field. "Even when I wanted to sleep, I often think of them. I do not
want to think about it but it continues to cross because a lot of information I get from them,
"Klopp told a media interview. "For me, what is important is for the players to be at their best
when needed and we will try to help every player," he said. Klopp's high leadership makes
him very confident in the team. The proof is, when the winter transfer window opens, he
decides not to make important purchases. When he first came, he could still say that he had
inherited a much better squad than when he first dealt with Dortmund, whereas Rodgers, who
notably built the squad, even complained about his team not being considered qualified to
compete at the top. Klopp also dares to give confidence to young players, especially when
competing outside the Premier League.

Klopp not only capitalized on spirit but he has proven to be able to mix the team with skill.
Dortmund in his hands have successfully mocked Bayern Munich's dominance in the
Bundesliga and were able to reach the Champions League final. In Liverpool, this can be
seen from several sides, one of which is the placement of Roberto Firmino in the position of
false nine proved to be effective. What is very different from Liverpool when it comes to
Klopp and Rodgers is the response when left behind. While Liverpool are still being raised by
Rodgers, if Liverpool are left behind, it is almost certain that the team will panic, play
monotonous and lazy to later lose. In Klopp's hands, everything changed. If left behind,
Liverpool will keep playing calm. Several times the victory achieved by Coutinho et al was
the result of reversing the situation. Although calm - which was later represented by the
team's response, Klopp was also not shy to get angry when the team played "weird". Not to
punish or justify one or more players, but to evaluate the team in the next game so that
similar mistakes are not repeated.

Klopp is a coach figure who is a representation of a great leader. A figure who can be an
example, especially for those who are given the opportunity to manage a team. Thus, the

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psychological issues of leadership and personality aspects possessed by Jurgen Klopp clearly
make him a highly respected person as well as make him an effective leader.

3.0 CONCLUSION

In conclusion, most members of society in this country may understand the word
'psychology' related to human emotions and behavior, but not many know about the
relationship between psychology and sports. Among the key psychological issues discussed
were discussed with athletes and sports coaches in the previous section including aspects of
anxiety and arousal, stress, motivation, and leadership. Knowledge of psychological issues to
athletes, sports coaches, fans and sports spectators is very important to ensure that they can
control their emotions and mentality in order to ensure that they can maintain the best
performance of athletes, can face complex situations and rise from failure to achieve success
and manage a team systematically and effectively for a sports coach.

Sports psychology is still new in our country. The awareness of athletes, sports coaches and
sports fans on psychological issues is also still at a far from satisfactory level. In my personal
opinion, I strongly agree that the knowledge and practice of sports psychology, especially
among athletes and coaches in the country is very important to ensure that the country's
sports institutions can achieve success and glory in the future.

Therefore, the support of the Malaysian Government from the moral and material aspects is
very important and necessary in ensuring the development of knowledge of sports
psychology in our country.

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