Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of experience upon the interpretation of anxiety‐related symptoms in elite performers. Initially, a preliminary inductive generalization (Patton, 2002), consisting of a focus group interview (n = 3) and individual interviews (n = 6), was conducted in order to explore the conceptual understanding of experience. Data was then inductively analyzed to generate information to guide the examination of the experience‐anxiety relationship. For the main study, based on key themes identified in the inductive generalization, individual elite athletes (n = 6) were then interviewed to investigate how specific critical incidents influenced their interpretation of anxiety‐related symptoms. Deductive analysis highlighted differences between the effects of positive and negative incidents on subsequent appraisals of cognitive and somatic symptoms associated with anxiety. Reflective practice was also identified as being important in generating knowledge concerning the interpretation and control of anxiety‐related symptoms

A reconceptualisation of experience in sport and its relationship with competitive anxiety

This study compared 10 experienced high school and 10 inexperienced junior high and middle school basketball coaches as they executed a 30-minute practice session on the “give and go” play in basketball. The coaches were given 30 minutes to plan a practice session. Following planning, coaches implemented their practice plan. Analysis of coaches’ behavior and interactive decision making indicated that experienced coaches exhibited significantly more technical instruction, whereas inexperienced coaches exhibited significantly higher frequencies of silent observation. With regard to interactive decision making, results indicated that both experienced and inexperienced coaches implemented practice in ways consistent with their plans. Experienced coaches, however, were significantly more reluctant to change their plans when problems were perceived. Despite these differences, experienced and inexperienced coaches exhibited greater similarities than differences. Limitations of research based on the behavioral an...

Interactive Decision Making and Behavior of Experienced and Inexperienced Basketball Coaches During Practice Basketball Coaches During Practice

The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between (a) coping self-efficacy and subjective performance, (b) coping self-efficacy and pre-competitive anxiety, and (c) pre-competitive anxiety and subjective performance Participants were 307 athletes (252 males, 55 females) aged 16–34 years (mean age 213 years, s = 28) who competed at national/international (n = 18), county (n = 54), club/university (n = 139), and beginner (n = 96) level All participants completed a measure of coping self-efficacy and anxiety before a competitive event and a subjective performance measure after competing Our findings revealed that there was a significant and positive relationship between coping self-efficacy and subjective performance Negative relationships between coping self-efficacy and both somatic and cognitive anxiety were also observed However, somatic and cognitive anxiety did not predict subjective performance The present findings support previous results regarding the influence of self-efficacy and provide applied practitioners with recommendations that may enhance athletic performance, via improving the coping self-efficacy beliefs of their clients

Coping self-efficacy, pre-competitive anxiety, and subjective performance among athletes

Precompetitive state anxiety, self-confidence and ahtletic [p.o. athletic] performance in volleyball and backetball players

The mediating role of self-talk on the relationship between perceived motivational climate and self-efficacy beliefs in youth football players

Stress and anxiety in sporting environments are increasingly important concerns for psychologists. Managers and coaches strive to extract maximum performance from athletes, and so athletes’ perceptions of coaches’ leadership qualities may play a role in the level of anxiety athletes experience. How much performance anxiety athletes experience, and whether they interpret this as facilitative or debilitative may depend also on athletes’ sense of self-efficacy. This thesis investigates whether football players’ self-efficacy fully or partially mediates the relation between their performance anxiety and their perceptions of coaches’ effectiveness. Samples of professional and semi-professional players rated their cognitive and somatic performance anxiety and their facilitative/debilitative interpretation of these, as well as their own sense of self-efficacy and their perceptions of coaches’ effectiveness. Higher level of competition related to greater self-efficacy, greater perceived coaching effectiveness, lower somatic anxiety, and a more facilitative interpretation of anxiety. Depending on the sample, self-efficacy partially or fully mediated the relation between players’ perceptions of coaches and their cognitive and somatic anxiety and facilitative/debilitative interpretation. Players’ perceptions of coaches were positively related to self-efficacy, and negatively related to somatic anxiety. Cognitive anxiety tended to be higher among high self-efficacy individuals in less competitive settings. Athletes in defensive roles registered higher levels of anxiety. Only weak links between perceptions of coaches and self-efficacy were found in a less competitive university football environment. This suggests that the relationship between perceptions of coaches, self-efficacy and anxiety only develops through significant sporting involvement and experience. Overall, these results suggest that, in professional and semi-professional players, a high sense of self-efficacy is a strong indicator of lower anxiety and a more positive evaluation of coaches. As self-efficacy is not just self-confidence but involves awareness of the state of development of specific sporting skills, focusing coaching efforts on developing players’ self-efficacy can simultaneously benefit their psychological as well as sporting capabilities. It is suggested that reflective practice is used systematically to develop awareness of players’ skills as well as psychological coping awareness. Such methodology should be part of the curriculum for training coaches.

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