Advanced Psychological Strategies and Anxiety Responses in Sport

Hanton, Sheldon; Wadey, Ross; Mellalieu, Stephen D.

doi:10.1123/tsp.22.4.472

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“…Unlike competitive performance environments, place kickers typically practice without a watching crowd of people due to the logistical difficulties of faithfully representing any effects of a large crowd . One place kicking coach reported using headphones with crowd noise during practice, similar to previous research, 27 which has played crowd noise over a tannoy: “Some of the boys have done, maybe in private sessions, things like headphones in and crowd noise” (Coach 3).…”

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Understanding key constraints and practice design in Rugby Union place kicking: Experiential knowledge of professional kickers and experienced coaches

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Bezodis

Davids

et al. 2020

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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Place kicks present valuable opportunities to score points in Rugby Union, which are typically performed under varying constraints in competitive performance environments. Previous quantitative studies suggest these interacting constraints can influence fluctuations in place kick success. To further the understanding of how fluctuations in place kicking success emerge, our aim was twofold: i) to explore and identify the key constraints that professional place kickers and experienced place kicking coaches perceive to influence the difficulty of a place kick and ii) to understand the level to which current place kicking practice environments represent these key constraints experienced in performance environments. Six professional place kickers and six experienced place kicking coaches were interviewed. Using a deductive thematic analysis, 11 key constraints were identified: individual constraints of expectation for success and fatigue, task constraints of angle and distance to goalposts, environmental constraints of wind, weather, pitch, and crowd, and situational constraints of previous kicking performance, time remaining and current score margin. Place kicking is typically practised individually or with a small number of place kickers in isolation from team sessions. Where possible, coaches should be encouraged to include place kicking in simulated game scenarios during practice to represent key constraints from performance environments. Our study demonstrates how experiential knowledge can enrich the understanding of sport performance and inform the design of practice environments which simulate relevant constraints of competitive performance to enhance skill adaptation of athletes.

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Understanding key constraints and practice design in Rugby Union place kicking: Experiential knowledge of professional kickers and experienced coaches

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Davids

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International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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“…Managing competition-related hyperglycaemia, particularly at the start of an event, can be challenging [47]. Psychological strategies, such as cognitive restructuring and overlearning of skills, may help offset the stress effects [48]. Some athletes will tolerate, or even plan for, a slightly elevated blood glucose level when starting an event; others may choose to use a temporary basal rate increase (if using CSII), a partial bolus insulin correction or a prolonged aerobic warm-up to correct hyperglycaemia.…”

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The competitive athlete with type 1 diabetes

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Regular exercise is important for health, fitness and longevity in people living with type 1 diabetes, and many individuals seek to train and compete while living with the condition. Muscle, liver and glycogen metabolism can be normal in athletes with diabetes with good overall glucose management, and exercise performance can be facilitated by modifications to insulin dose and nutrition. However, maintaining normal glucose levels during training, travel and competition can be a major challenge for athletes living with type 1 diabetes. Some athletes have low-to-moderate levels of carbohydrate intake during training and rest days but tend to benefit, from both a glucose and performance perspective, from high rates of carbohydrate feeding during longdistance events. This review highlights the unique metabolic responses to various types of exercise in athletes living with type 1 diabetes.

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“…has been the inclusion of a preparation booklet to facilitate the interview process by aiding recall (e.g., Hanton, Wadey, & Mellalieu, 2008;. A preparation booklet, therefore, was developed specifically for this study, which comprised of three main sections.…”

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An examination of hardiness throughout the sport injury process

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Evans

Hanton

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British J Health Psychol

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Objectives. This primary objective of the study was to examine the direct and moderating effects of hardiness on the prediction of sport injury, and the direct and indirect effects of hardiness on athletes’ responses to injury.Design. This study employed a longitudinal methodological design. Specifically, the injury status of 694 asymptomatic participants was monitored for 2 years. From the original sample, 104 athletes subsequently became injured and then completed a number of questionnaires throughout their recovery.Methods. Logistic regression, Pearson product‐moment correlation and Preacher and Hayes's (2008) bootstrapping procedure were used to analyse the data.Results. Findings revealed a direct and moderating effect of hardiness on the prediction of injury. Hardiness was also found to positively correlate with desirable, and negatively correlate with undesirable post‐injury psychological responses and coping strategies throughout recovery. Finally, problem‐focused coping was found to mediate certain effects of hardiness on injured athletes’ psychological responses.Conclusions. These findings have important implications for practitioners who have a vested interest in the health and well‐being of those who participate in sport and exercise in terms of minimizing rates of injury occurrence and/or facilitating recovery from injury.

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Advanced Psychological Strategies and Anxiety Responses in Sport

Cited by 19 publications

References 25 publications

Understanding key constraints and practice design in Rugby Union place kicking: Experiential knowledge of professional kickers and experienced coaches

Understanding key constraints and practice design in Rugby Union place kicking: Experiential knowledge of professional kickers and experienced coaches

The competitive athlete with type 1 diabetes

An examination of hardiness throughout the sport injury process

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