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The Impact of Anxiety on Athletic Performance
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: Received: 25 February 2024 / Approved: 1 March 2024 / Online: 1 March 2024 (13:59:09 CET)
How to cite: Mulvey, M. The Impact of Anxiety on Athletic Performance. Preprints 2024, 2024030058. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0058.v1 Mulvey, M. The Impact of Anxiety on Athletic Performance. Preprints 2024, 2024030058. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0058.v1
Abstract
Throughout this paper the impact of anxiety on adolescent athlete’s is highlighted through analyzing neurological and psychological aspects involved in sports performance. The neuroanatomy and neuropsychology of the human brain plays a major role in developing athlete’s that has only begun to be analyzed within recent years. Especially in young athletes, there are numerous factors that affect performance on the field that originate from the environment and training the adolescent athlete is involved in. Sports performance is viewed as a major physical factor such as training and lifting weights, however the psychological aspect of sports performance often goes unnoticed. Athletes can begin to develop mental fatigue and anxiety which inevitably can decrease their ability to perform. The athlete’s internal suffering begins to go unnoticed, as the only tangible factor is watching their performance decrease. This causes the athlete to push themselves further in training resulting in greater mental fatigue. This paper emphasizes the numerous factors neurologically that play a role in athletic performance which should be focused on in adolescent athletes as they navigate the challenges and competition that are apparent within athletics. It is critical to understand the processes and hormonal changes the body undergoes with training and playing a sport, this information can change the way adolescent sports are approached and advanced.
Keywords
Sports Performance, Athletic Performance, Neuroanatomy, Neuropsychology, Anxiety, Mental Fatigue, Mental Strength, Sports Psychology, Sports Anxiety, Muscular Control, Neuronal Control, Hormone Effects, Physiology, Anatomy, Psychology, Performance, Team Dynamics, Coping Mechanisms
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurology
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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