Junior sports coaches focus on task goals to prevent anxiety and increase participation
According to Weinberg and Gould (1995): ‘Anxiety is a negative emotion associated with worry and nervousness.’ Anxious thinking manifests fear, apprehension and negative evaluations. It involves self-doubt, images of losing and misgivings regarding humiliation.Anxiety is aligned with arousal and can stimulate unpleasant somatic side effects.
There are two forms of anxiety:
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