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Green, Omar
Date
2013Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The purpose of this present study was to use a qualitative research design
to understand the stressors encountered by opening and lower order cricket
batsmen and to look at the appraisals and the subsequent coping strategies
adopted by these batsmen when encountered these stressors. Six participants
underwent semi-structured interviews of approximately 30 minutes in duration,
where they discussed the stressors experienced and coping strategies adopted
when batting some of which were noted down on a preceding hand-out sheet.
This interview procedure allowed for an investigation of the stress process from
initial stressors, appraisals (i.e., harm, threat, challenge, and benefit) and coping
strategies.
Inductive and deductive content analyses revealed participants encountered both
organisational (e.g. pitch conditions) and competition (e.g. opponents) stressors.
The majority of stressors were appraised as threatening. Avoidance, problemfocused
and emotion-focused coping strategies were utilised to cope with specific
stressors, of which problem-focused coping was most frequently cited. The
strategies did not always cause a positive outcome. In addition, there were
similarities and differences when batsmen opened compared to when they batted
lower down. The findings revealed that stressors related to internal expectations
and role within team affected batters in both roles. However, certain stressors
such as ‘Type of Bowler-Spinners’ affected batters mainly when batting in the
middle order compared to opening. However, when batsmen encountered
stressors in the lower order there was greater use of problem focused coping in
particular planning compared to when opening which a much larger percentage of
emotion focused coping most notably self-talk. Practical implications, strengths
and weaknesses of the study, and recommendations for the path of future
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