What Do You Know About Sport Mindset?

#1. Which items below are sources of confidence for athletes?

A clear understanding of the technical requirements of the sport

Negative self-statements about the athlete's own ability

Positive coach feedback

Having lots of friends

1 and 3

#2. Emotions play a central role in sport performance.

True

False

#3. Emotional Intelligence in sport can be described as __.

An ability to recognise different emotional states

Assessing the effects of emotions on sport-related behaviour

The ability to switch into the best emotional state to manage a specific situation

All of the above

#4. Clear goals, immediate feedback and a balance between challenge and skill level are three elements that create __ in sport.

Confidence

The Flow Experience

Resilience

Motivation

#5. Some attributes of mental toughness include __.

Being able to cope with an internally-derived anxiety response to the pressures of competition

The athlete coping less effectively than opponents with the demands sport places on them

Being able to maintain technique and effort whilst experiencing physical and emotional pain

1 and 3

2 and 3

#6. Vigorous exercise can improve mental function.

True

False

#7. Motivation can __.

Lead athletes towards an object (e.g. due to anger)

Lead athletes away from an object (e.g. due to fear)

Neither of the above

Both of the above

#8. Neuroplasticity is __.

The use of plastic brains in research

A Pseudoscience

The ability of the brain to change continuously in response to learning or experience or following injury.

Of no relevance to athletes

#9. Who said “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

Tiger Woods

Mahatma Gandhi

Michael Jordan

Pele

#10. Perception is one of the central elements of __.

Athlete Resilience

Longevity in sport

Athlete Mindfulness

Determination in sport

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