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Emotional Factors Impacting on Performance

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do confidence and emotional control shape what a performer is willing to attempt?

Confidence and emotional control as features of the emotional factor: how positive emotions such as confidence and happiness affect willingness and decisiveness, the risk of over-confidence, and approaches used to build and steady confidence.
An SQA Higher Physical Education answer on confidence and emotional control as emotional factors, covering how positive emotions affect willingness and decisiveness, the risk of over-confidence, and the approaches used to build and regulate confidence.
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How do a performer's emotions help or hinder their performance?

The emotional factors that impact on performance, including their features such as anger, fear and anxiety, happiness and confidence, and the positive and negative effects emotions can have on a performer.
An SQA Higher Physical Education answer on the emotional factors impacting on performance, covering their main features (anger and aggression, fear and anxiety, happiness and confidence) and the positive and negative effects emotions can have on a performer.
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How can a performer manage anger, fear and anxiety so they help rather than hinder?

Managing anger, fear and anxiety as features of the emotional factor: how these emotions affect performance when uncontrolled, and the approaches used to manage them such as relaxation, breathing techniques, positive self-talk and routines.
An SQA Higher Physical Education answer on managing anger, fear and anxiety as emotional factors, covering how uncontrolled emotions damage performance and the approaches (relaxation, breathing, self-talk, routines) used to keep them at a helpful level.
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