Extrovert and introvert how they might affect people in sporting situations

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Btec National Diploma Sport & Science                       Robert Foster

Extrovert and introvert how they might affect people in sporting situations

Introduction

In this assignment I am going to explain what extrovert and introvert means then investigate the affects of being an extrovert or introvert in sporting situations. I am also going to assess two sports people in each football, tennis and rugby and identify who is an extravert or introvert. At the end of the assignment I am going to discuss whether I think we are born with our personalities.

Extroverts

Extroverts tend to be energetic and enjoy being around people. The like attention and getting interaction from other people, extroverts tend to be enthusiastic, talkative, and assertive. Extroverts enjoy doing activities that involve other people, such as taking part in community activities; their affinities to large groups allow them to enjoy large social gatherings including parties usually they are the life of the party. As such, an extroverted person is likely to enjoy time spent with people and find less reward in time spent alone.

Introverts

Introverts are "geared to sit back and watch" rather than to act in social settings. In a large social setting, introverts tend to be quiet, low-key, shy, and disengaged, and this is due to introvert's loss of energy when with a large number of people. Introverts gain energy when performing activities alone. They tend to enjoy reading, writing, watching movies at home, inventing, and designing and doing these activities in quiet, non interactive environment such as home, library, parks/gardens, and quiet . While introverts avoid social situations with large numbers of people, they tend to enjoy intense, one-to-one or one-to-few group interactions. They tend to have small circle of very close friends, compared to the extroverts' typically larger circle of less close friends.

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Benefits and negatives of being an extrovert in football, rugby and tennis  

It tends to be more affective to be an extravert in sports like football and rugby because

  • Extroverts perform better when performing with other people
  • extroverts are very competitive
  • they can help build up confidence in there team mates using verbal encouragement
  • extroverts can show a lot of aggression the benefit is that it can intimidate opposition players
  • they react very positive to encouragement
  • extroverts like attention and can handle the media well  

It can hinder being an extrovert ...

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