The challenges of sports presuppose some extent of anxiety and the urge for the victory in the name of a team or something/someone important for a sportsman. That is why arousal anxiety can be counted on when analyzing the examples of those eminent sportsmen who never stopped even with serious traumas or dysfunctions of organism. Moreover, the psychological constituent and the importance of cognition should be taken into account. Many of the researchers in medical sphere are intended to outline that cognitive anxiety is harmful in its ability to make a sportsman overloaded and a performance failed or reduced (Caruso, 2005). Nevertheless, physical activities contemplate the risk of being injured or to get traumas as well. This point is discussed between psychologists and therapists are rallying their thoughts over the question of why sportsmen are so relentless toward their health. This approach is highly depicted by Weinberg & Gould (2007) when they outline that when testing an athlete or a player coaches define the real capabilities of a person and the urge for competition, in particular. This is why there should be a structured plan of psychological trainings which can determine and develop in a sportsman a specific ability to pretend for more under difficult circumstances. This approach is rather effective and easy to imagine in theory, but in practice such steps to demonstrate endurance in competitions help distinctively analyze the whole picture about a sportsman.
The game six between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers in 1980 can be evaluated as a perfect representation of how anxiety can be shown in a player. A badly sprained ankle of Kareem Abdul Jabbar in time when he had already scored 40 points did not stop him in making success for the team. Since a prevailing thought touched upon the idea that Kareem would rest during the game six and will be able to continue playing in the game seven, nobody thought of the team high spirits and anxiety at that time. They without Kareem were highly motivated to get more and more points. As a result, due to Jamal Wilkes, Michael Cooper and others, who helped in making LA Lakers the winners of that match.
Hanin’s IZOF model is outlined here in terms of a good play which contemplates in-time returning of the rest players playing in zones (Weinberg & Gould, 2007).
Tyson-Lewis fight on June 8, 2002 is another good example of anxiety processed in this event. Tyson’s words of blame and other curse-words did not affect Lewis and even made him more aroused about the event. Tyson, in return, wanted and desired to win due to various reasons one of which was his urge for money, and freedom. Tyson’s anxiety was stimulated also by mass media in constant discussions of his life problems. With the flow of time the arousal in Lewis could stop (Weinberg & Gould, 2007). Anxiety of Tyson did not leave him for a second due to perpetual needs.
Hanin’s theory points out here that Mike Tyson was out of his state of zone and emotional disorder was an obstacle in this case. Moreover, he was constantly near right zone of his, but impulsiveness was a bad helper for him at that time.
References
- Weinberg, R. S. and Gould, D. (2007). Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Champaign, IL. Human Kinetics.
- Caruso, A. (2005). Sports Psychology Basics. Spring City , PA: Reedswain Inc.