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TOPIC 8

HOW AND WHAT FACTORS ARE AFFECTING AN ATHLETE BEFORE COMPETING

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FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT THE PERCEPTION OF THE "PRESSURE" TO COMPETE

  1. Parental expectations (E)
  2. What you expect to gain from the competition (I)
  3. Friends' and teammates' expectations (E)
  4. How successful you expect to be (I)
  5. Press and media expectations (E)

  6. Your competition preparation (I)
  7. Crowd or audience effects (E)
  8. Your need to improve (I)
  9. Coach expectations (E)
  10. The anticipated contest difficulty (I)

  11. Opponents (E)
  12. Your control over the preparation for the contest (I)
  13. Officials' and organizers' actions (E)
  14. Your readiness to perform (I)
  15. The competition's importance (I)
  16. Your goals for the competition (I)
  17. Other sources (E) or (I)

DIMENSIONS OF PRESSURE FACTORS
  1. Internal
  2. External
  3. Positive
  4. Negative
  5. Internal positive
  6. Internal negative
  7. External negative
  8. External positive

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