STRESS IN

SPORTS
 OPPONENT’S PERFORMANCE

SERVING PERCENTAGE
STRESSO MARTCH SCORE
RS IN TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
SPORTS
PUBLIC EXPECTATION

COACH/PARENT EXPECTATION
 STRESS – AROUSAL - ANXIETY

AROUSAL – refers to ANXIETY – is the

STRESS – represents an
the level of negative emotional
imbalance between a
physiological and state characterized by
demand and perceived
psychological nervousness and
response capacity.
activation. worry.
 STRESS
 Stress is an adaptive response to
stressor.
 Stress is external
 Types of stress responses
1. Cognitive
2. Emotional
3. Physical
4. Behavioral
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME

ALARM REACTION STAGE – STAGE OF RESISTANCE –

immediate reaction to the
stressor. This is where our
sympathetic nervous system is
activated, which releases
adrenalin from the adrenal
glands.
essentially, this is about
adaptation. It is where we
draw on coping strategies to
adapt to the stressor in an
attempt to minimize any
negative consequences.
STAGE OF EXHAUSTION –
resisting stress is effortful and
fatiguing. If out stress
response was to run away, this
would become exhausting.
  Is a personal feeling of
apprehension or a perceived
threat, accompanied by a
number of physiological,
psychological, and or behavioral
effects to the individual.
ANXIETY
 COGNITIVE ANXIETY
 worry, doubt, concern
 Example of common thoughts
are: am I good enough?, what if I
mess up?, I’m going to let my
team down, I can’t afford to miss
this.

SOMATIC ANXIETY
 Physiological in nature.
COMPONENTS OF  Butterflies or trembling.

ANXIETY 
 TRAIT ANXIETY

SOURCES  an individual is predisposed to perceive

certain circumstances as threatening.

OF STRESS  Often, trait anxiety is objectively non-

dangerous.

AND SELF-ESTEEM

ANXIETY  If reflects the overall emotional regard for

ourselves and our worth. Athletes with high
self-esteem are less likely to be anxious than
IN SPORT those with low self-esteem.
SOURCES
FEAR OF FAILURE

A fear of failure is quite a dispositional characteristic that some people

possess.

OF By focusing on potential negative outcomes and the subsequent negative

emotions that come with that, anxiety is heightened.

STRESS PERFECTIONISM

AND To make it to an elite level in sport, athletes must strive to be the best
they can be.

ANXIETY
Adaptive perfectionism and maladaptive perfectionism

CENTRALITY

IN SPORT How central or important the event is to the individual