Creating Challenging Training Environments

Creating Challenging Training Environments Chelsey Dempsey Caoimhe Martin Leonie Webster

Challenging Training Environments • Anxiety • Symptoms; effects • Performance strategies • Dealing with anxiety • GS; ST; Relax; Imag • Training environments • More like competition

Anxiety • How do you know if your athletes are anxious? • When do the symptoms start? • What effect does it have on performance?

Symptoms • Sweaty palms • Increased HR • Going to the toilet • Feeling/Being sick • Worry • Performing poorly (potential, letting people down) • Competitors • Particular course sections • Feel out of control Effects • Freeze/stuck • Lose fluidity (lurch…) • Read environment wrong • Decision making • Sequence • Go out too hard too soon • Perform really well!

Theory… • Self-focus • Learning continuum • Distraction • Focussing on irrelevant cues • Ironic Effects • Do exactly what you are trying not do

How the theory can help us… • Psych skills (link to previous workshop) • Holistic strategies • Focus on what to do rather than not what to do • Routines

Re-cap • Goal Setting • Pathway to high performance • Controllable • Self talk • Holistic • Imagery • Type and function • Relaxation • Phys / psych

Mental Training

Training Environments • Different things may help different people • People before athletes! • Strategies will differ between people • Training to help prepare for competition alongside learning skills

Training & Anxiety • Learn under anxiety less likely to perform poorly in competition • Specificity of Practice • Develop plans to utilise information available specific to situation • Change conditions (e.g., no anxiety-high anxiety) = current plan no longer appropriate • Similar conditions = current plan appropriate

Training with anxiety • Some research…

Consequences training…. • Increase pressure via consequences for performing poorly – mirror competition • Physical consequences (e.g., 3 min exertion test) • Social consequences (“waiter” service, singing nursery rhymes, clean boat) BUT • Transformational delivery (vision)..otherwise just punishment? • Buy in/agreement from athletes and parents • Opportunities to practice & support • Review

Key Points • Skill development • Learn skill first • Pressure training • Practice under pressure with support • Pressure Testing • Perform under pressure with no support • Review • Coach and athlete

Creating Challenging Training Environments

Creating Challenging Training Environments

Presentation Transcript

Creating Productive Learning Environments

CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Creating Test Environments

Sustaining Success in Challenging Environments

Creating Respectful Classroom Environments

CREATING 3D ENVIRONMENTS

Creating Inclusive Classroom Environments

Creating Health Promoting Environments

Learning Clusters in Challenging Environments

Creating positive learning environments

Public Health Leadership in Challenging Environments

Creating Enabling Environments

Creating Collaborative Learning Environments

Sustaining General Practice in Challenging Environments

Creating Communication Environments

Creating Child Safe Environments

Creating Learning Environments

Creating Communication Environments

Creating Communication Environments

Precision Geolocation in Challenging Environments

Creating Test Environments

Creating Unique Environments