{"id":5253,"date":"2022-03-28T12:43:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/stress-management-in-sports"},"modified":"2022-03-28T17:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:48:44","slug":"stress-management-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/stress-management-in-sports","title":{"rendered":"Stress management in sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>What is stress?<\/b><\/p>\n

Stress can be defined as physical or emotional demand and tend to disturb the balance or imbalance of the body.<\/p>\n

Any kind of pressure due to sports competition, training, job, school, work, marriage, illness, or death of a loved one can develop into stress.<\/p>\n

How do I know if I am stressed?<\/b><\/p>\n

Emotional stress includes:<\/p>\n

Being easily agitated
\nFrustrated
\nMoody
\nLosing control
\nHaving hard time relaxing and quieting your mind.
\nFeeling sorry for yourself
\nCrying
\nFeeling guilty.
\nSelf-defeating
\nPhysical stress include:<\/p>\n

Muscle tensions
\nFatigue
\nHeadaches
\nLoss of appetite
\nShaking
\nAggressive
\nRestless
\nHeart rate
\nGeneral illness or injuries
\nSports stressors:<\/p>\n

No proper training
\nNo practice matches
\nUnderperforming in training and competition
\nConflict between athletes or coaches
\nUnknown opponent
\nPressure to get results
\nPressure from previous results
\nImages of failure and embarrassments
\nReturning from injuries
\nCompetition for qualification
\nPressure turn into stress when you feel unable to cope. Stress can lead to emotional and mental symptoms like anxiety or irritability, depression and panic attack.<\/p>\n

Good and bad pressure<\/b><\/p>\n

Is pressure good or bad? Your answer determines how likely you are to be affected by high pressure situation.
\nIf you perceive pressure as negative, you will associate it with negative thoughts process such as self-doubt.
\nHowever, if you perceive pressure as a positive feeling, its signs could improve your performance. The key is to reframe pressure to make it seem positive.<\/p>\n

Eustress<\/b>
\nWhat is Eustress? Pronounced as (yoo stress)<\/b><\/p>\n

Eustress is the first type and simple definition states as a positive form of stress. It is an essential ingredient of your life as it provides the necessary motivation to perform well in challenges such as competitions, interviews and exams to name a few. This type helps you move forward and help fire up to face all the hurdles that get your way.<\/p>\n

Distress<\/b><\/p>\n

You will experience this type when you are faced with major changes and alteration of your daily living, most time they are unexpected changes. This type can have huge impact on your health leading to such things as: headaches, loss or gain appetite, depression, loss interest in daily living and many other illnesses.<\/p>\n

How you recognise of being under pressure; it can be as simple as you feel your heart rate going up, and have butterfly in stomach. .<\/p>\n

One method to remedy the situation, the athletes need to be exposed to more pressure training to better prepare them for pressure competitions. This will allow them to make mistakes in training, and rectify them before the competition proper.<\/p>\n

Nervousness during competitions<\/b><\/p>\n

You are always going to be nervous teeing up in a major championship.<\/p>\n

It is very natural and it\u2019s a good thing. It means that you want and are ready to compete.<\/p>\n

So one sign or symptom disturbed by one athlete may not be what another athlete experiences.<\/p>\n

When it comes to dealing with stress, there are some helpful tactics that athletes can use:<\/p>\n

\u2012 Take a break; keep a realistic schedule for training.<\/p>\n

\u2012 Allow time for personal exercise<\/p>\n

\u2012 Apply breathing techniques and guided meditation<\/p>\n

\u2012 Spend time with those closer to you<\/p>\n

\u2012 Keep up with your hobbies<\/p>\n

\u2012 Laughing is a good therapy.<\/p>\n

\u2012 If there is a need see a counselor.<\/p>\n

Consideration to refer athletes for counseling or psychotherapy.<\/p>\n

1. How long has the issue existed?<\/p>\n

2. What is the severity?<\/p>\n

3. How does it relate to other factors in the person\u2019s life?<\/p>\n

4. Does that person display usual emotion or behaviours around the issue? 5. Does the athlete have the capacity to address that issue?<\/p>\n

Best thing to do is talk to a counselor or psychotherapy<\/p>\n

All coaches should be concerned with athletes who have stress and anxiety over a long period of time as they may experience negative health outcomes. They are likely to develop heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. The coach or team manager needs to help the athletes use counseling centres, and other techniques to help limit their stress.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take care of our athletes, starting with the athletes themselves<\/p>\n

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