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NSWHealth and Movement ScienceFocus Area 2: Training for improved performance
Quick questions on Psychological strategies to enhance performance and motivation: HSC Health and Movement Science Focus Area 2
6short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is anxiety?Show answer
Anxiety is the negative emotional state of worry and apprehension that often accompanies over-arousal. Two components matter for the exam:
What is motivation?Show answer
Motivation is the drive to start and persist with an activity.
What is goal-setting (SMART)?Show answer
Effective goals direct attention, mobilise effort, sustain persistence and provide feedback against a standard - all of which raise motivation. The house framework is SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable (and agreed), Realistic (and relevant), Time-bound. Distinguish three goal types and weight the controllable ones:
What is self-talk?Show answer
Self-talk is the internal or spoken statements an athlete makes to themselves.
What is one-size-fits-all strategy?Show answer
Recommending relaxation for everyone (or psyching-up for everyone) ignores the inverted-U. Diagnose first: an under-aroused athlete needs RAISING, an over-aroused athlete needs LOWERING, and fine skills need lower arousal than power skills.
What is a vague goal called "SMART"?Show answer
"Try harder" or "be better" is not SMART. A SMART goal names a specific, measured target with a deadline; show every letter.
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