Year 11 - Physical education
Mental preparation for sports performance
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 explain how mental preparation techniques improve performance.
Key Notes
- Mental preparation techniques help performers to improve performance by beneficially managing their emotions.
- Mental rehearsal involves visualising a successful performance to improve confidence and focus.
- A warm up is a vital opportunity to mentally prepare for a performance.
Vocabulary To Learn
- mental preparation: mental techniques help to control emotions, manage stress and improve participation and performance
- mental rehearsal: a technique which involves the performer picturing themselves performing the skill perfectly or imagining positive outcomes before attempting it
- warm up: a period of time immediately before a performance in which the performer will physically and mentally prepare for the performance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Mental preparation is just for elite athletes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Mental preparation techniques help performers to improve performance by beneficially managing their emotions. Mental rehearsal involves visualising a successful performance to improve confidence and focus.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'mental preparation'
mental techniques help to control emotions, manage stress and improve participation and performance.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Mental preparation is just for elite athletes. Correction: Students should understand that everyone can benefit from mental preparation techniques and that performers in many fields of work practice them. They too could benefit in their own pursuits.
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