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QUESTION:

According to Meyers, Whelan, and Murphy (1996), problems in performance are related toissues such as competition anxiety, motivational problems, poor selftal!, and lapses in

concentration" #n determining $hether other factors might be involve re%uires understanding a

number of interrelated issues (&odd, and Anderson, '1)" rom sport counseling perspectives,

discuss those issues and suggest some guidelines to help athletes gro$ and develop their

potentials"

ANSWER:

1. SELF-CONFIDENT

Athletes develop their self confident b the !"ster of the s#ills$ de!onstr"tion$

h"vin% ide"l phsi&'e "nd bod (ei%ht "nd vic"rio's e)perience* So!e "thlete !"

h"ve diverse f"ctor (here the see the!selves in ne%"tive sides* +"vin% ne%"tive

perspective in their sides !"#es their self confident "nd beliefs in sports decre"se* The

"re not !otiv"ted to s'ccess$ "fr"id of t"#in% ris#s$ "nd #no(n "s diffidence (here the

"re l"c# of self confident*

Go"l settin% c"n be one of the %'idelines to incre"se "thletes self confident* ,

settin% %o"ls$ "thletes (ill find the!selves (or#in% to "chieve the %o"l "nd b "llo(in% to

sho( their "bilities* In "ddition$ settin% i!"%er c"n help enh"ncin% self confident (hen

the i!"%inin% the s'ccessf'l "chieve!ent "nd be "("re th"t %o"ls "re "tt"in"ble*

Co"ches "lso pl" i!port"nt roles in b'ildin% self confident "!on% pl"ers* There "re

%'idelines for co"ches to develop self confident "!on% "thlete* The c"n %ive positive

feedb"c# "bo't "thletes- perfor!"nce either in !otiv"tion"l of infor!"tion"l feedb"c#*

Givin% enco'r"%e!ent "nd "dvices b"sed on their perfor!"nce "nd (h"t the need to

do to "chieve hi%h perfor!"nce in sports*

2. STRESS

Athletes f"cin% stress (hen the tho'%ht th"t their phsiolo% "re not "ble to

cope "nd be co!p"tible (ith cert"in sit'"tion* Stress is rel"ted to other effects "s it c"n

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c"'se "n)iet (hen "thletes feel the sit'"tions "re thre"tenin%* It then c"'se ne%"tive

thin#in% "nd (orr le"din% to decre"sed in perfor!"nce*

Cert"in %'idelines th"t c"n be %iven to "thletes "re copin% str"te%ies of stress*

Self t"l# "re the !ost e"siest (" to do b co!!'nic"tin% (ith the!selves b 'sin%

positive t"l# (here it c"n help "thletes de"l (ith stressf'l sit'"tion* , doin% positive

t"l#$ follo(ed b tho'%ht control "re the best %'idelines for "thletes* Co'nselor c"n 'se

co%nitive str"te%ies to !ove "nd ch"n%e the ne%"tive thin#in% into positive tho'%hts*

Ch"n%in% ne%"tive tho'%ht s'ch "s sc"red (ith opponent stren%th c"n be overco!e b

believes to te"!s o(n stren%th* .'rther!ore$ "thlete need to !onitor their o(n stress

level "nd 'se it b"sed on the de!"nds of the sit'"tion* Other "ltern"tives th"t c"n be

%iven "nd 'sed b "thletes "re b i!ple!entin% rel")"tion techni&'e/ biofeedb"c# "nd

"'to%enic tr"inin%*

3. BURNOUT OR OVERTRAINING

,'rno't c"n si!pl defined "s "thlete-s interest in p"rticip"tin% in sport is no

lon%er "v"il"ble in the!selves* These c"n be c"'sed b loses interest "nd eno!ent of

the sports* It c"!e fro! tiredness$ over thin#in%$ overtr"inin% "nd e!otion"l f"ctor* Too

!'ch press're "nd " perfect e)pect"tion fro! co"ches "nd other people "ro'nd c"n

le"d to these proble!s* A%e$ phsic"l$ pscholo%ic"l$ person"l "nd interperson"l f"ctor

"re the !"in contrib'tor to b'rno't*

So!e %'idelines th"t c"n be 'sed "re b %ivin% rest or ti!e o'ts to "thletes*

Accordin% to +enschen 120034 to prevent b'rno't$ co"ches sho'ld %ive "thletes ti!e off

r"n "(" fro! tr"inin% "nd co!petitions-* Other th"n th"t$ (or#in% b settin% %o"ls "nd

pl"nnin% str"te%ies to%ether c"n %ive relief to "thletes "s the tho'%ht the c"n control

"nthin% h"ppen to the! b"sed on sport sit'"tion* A%"in$ !ent"l pr"ctice "re the best

%'idelines to follo( (here it help "thletes bod to recover fro! phsic"l tr"inin% (hile

the (ere thin#in% on positive perspective "nd the relev"nt ("s p"rticip"tion in "n

co!petitions*

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