Year 11 - Physical education
Aggression
Sports psychology: mental preparation for performance
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Unit Summary
This unit develops understanding of how to best prepare our mind for competition and explores strategies like mental rehearsal, visualisation and imagery to support peak performance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand the difference between direct and indirect aggression, and can apply to specific examples.
Key Notes
- Aggression is the deliberate intention to harm another person, either physically or mentally.
- Direct aggression is the use of physical contact to cause harm, such as punching or grabbing.
- Indirect aggression does not involve physical contact, instead the peformer takes the aggression out on an object.
Vocabulary To Learn
- aggression: a deliberate intent to harm or injure another person, which can be physical or mental
- direct aggression: aggressive act which involves physical contact with others, e.g. a punch
- indirect aggression: aggression which does not involve physical contact but is taken out on an object to gain advantage, e.g. hitting a tennis ball hard during a rally
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All acts of aggression involve violence and are the result of anger.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Aggression is the deliberate intention to harm another person, either physically or mentally. Direct aggression is the use of physical contact to cause harm, such as punching or grabbing.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'aggression'
a deliberate intent to harm or injure another person, which can be physical or mental.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All acts of aggression involve violence and are the result of anger. Correction: Some aggressive acts are controlled and are used to gain a performance advantage in sport. They are also within the rules of sports such as rugby and combat sports.
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