• English
    • Welsh
  • English 
    • English
    • Welsh
  • Login
Search DSpace:
  • Home
  • Research at Cardiff Met
  • Library Services
  • Contact Us
View item 
  • DSpace home
  • Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
  • Taught Degrees (Sport and Health Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Degrees (Sport)
  • View item
  • DSpace home
  • Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
  • Taught Degrees (Sport and Health Sciences)
  • Undergraduate Degrees (Sport)
  • View item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

THE FACTORS BEHIND ANXIETY INTERPRETATION AND THE EFFECT THAT DIRECTION HAS ON PENALTY KICK PERFORMANCE IN NONELITE FOOTBALLERS

Thumbnail
View/open
Evans_Eliot.pdf (637.5Kb)
Author
Evans, Eliot
Date
2013
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to use qualitative methods to investigate the most significant factors on an individual’s anxiety direction when taking or facing a penalty kick and how interpretations of anxiety ultimately affected actual penalty kick performance. Upon the collection of video footage of fourteen separate penalty incidents, eight participants who had been involved in the specific penalty kicks were selected to interview. The footage was shown to the participant prior to and during the interview process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the eight participants, in order to gather in-depth information and explanations regarding the participants’ opinions on the effects of anxiety direction and how facilitative or debilitative interpretations fluctuated between different factors, as well as influencing ultimate penalty kick performance. The findings of this study were presented as a description of the varying factors that can influence a footballers facilitative or debilitative interpretation of their anxiety symptoms, highlighting a number of factors linked to the crowd’s influence on the participants, the use of psychological skills as a way of increasing self-confidence and thus, increasing facilitative perceptions and what effects the situation criticality had on anxiety. In addition, using previous experiences of a similar penalty kick scenario was a common source behind facilitative interpretations and higher pressure on the opposition was also suggested to be behind facilitative interpretations of anxiety.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10369/4972
Collections
  • Undergraduate Degrees (Sport) [1420]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, subject and abstract.

  • Thumbnail

    Elite and non elite middle distance track runners : the differences in competitive anxiety intensity and direction 

    Thomas, Joe (University of Wales Institute Cardiff, 2010)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in competitive anxiety intensity and direction within elite and non elite middle distance track athletes. With the aim to continue determining the effects of ...
  • Thumbnail

    Debilitative interpretations of anxiety symptoms and the elite performer 

    Wadey, Ross (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2004)
    Research shows that elite performers, compared to non-elite performers, interpret their pre-race anxiety symptoms as more facilitative to performance than debilitative (Jones et a1., 1994; Jones and Swain, 1995). Despite ...
  • Thumbnail

    The Impact of competitive state anxiety upon rugby performance in forwards and backs 

    Davies, Gareth (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2014)
    The purpose of the current study was to qualitatively examine the interpreted symptoms of competitive state anxiety on rugby union forwards and back to derive how and why these affect their performance. Through the ...

Browse

DSpace at Cardiff MetCommunities & CollectionsBy issue dateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis collectionBy issue dateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
Contact us | Send feedback | Administrator