Open AccessPRECOMPETITIVE EMOTIONAL STATE OF DANCESPORT ATHLETES
Author(s) -
Victoria Andreeva,
Diana Karanauskienė
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
baltic journal of sport and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-8347
pISSN - 2351-6496
DOI - 10.33607/bjshs.v2i105.19
Subject(s) - athletes , psychology , anxiety , competition (biology) , arousal , clinical psychology , emotional stress , social psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , ecology , biology
Background. The paper deals with the precompetitive emotional state of dancesport athletes before competition.Research aim was to analyze pre-competition emotional state of dancesport athletes.Methods. The pre-competition emotional state of dancesport athletes was established using methods of in-depth interview and participant observation. The main reasons for different types of emotional states were identified,and finally, recommendations for athletes and coaches how to overcome immoderate anxiety interfering with goodcompetition results were developed.Results. Precompetitive emotional state before competition may be described as a complex multi-facetedphenomenon which consists of different psychological categories such as: anxiety, arousal, stress, self-confidence,concentration. The results of the interviews and participant observation showed that precompetitive emotional statesof the dancesport athletes were both positive and negative. Positive emotional state was shown by the majority ofparticipants. There were found six reasons of positive emotional state and five reasons of negative emotional stateas well.Conclusion. To overcome the negative emotional state or reinforce positive emotional state before thecompetitions it is suggested to listen to pleasant music, do breathing exercises or do the mental exercise. The choicedepends on the personal characteristics of athletes.