Factors affecting performance

Here are some factors that have a positive effect to performance

Family and friends

This factor can also work in a negative way but I believe in many ways family and friends set out to encourage the performer in a sport. Shouting and cheering will always encourage a runner to accelerate for the last 10meters of a race when they are behind. Aswell as this they can always indicating to you if you are performing a trick or in the wrong position in a football game. This works in a positive effect especially in team games because usually they specify where the spaces are on the field or court so your teammates can pass the ball to you more regularly. This type of encouragement by other people is known as extrinsic.

Teammates

Teammates can also point out to you the position you should stand in to be available for the ball. This would work in the team’s advantage because they would have more options to pass to instead of you hiding behind and opponent. Also in a sport such as badminton a partner in doubles could designate the direction of a serve if they are capitalising on your weak backhand serve to the front.

Radio or television

These factors could persuade you maybe to join a sports activity or be included in a youth club team or school team. They ...

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Teammates

Radio or television

These factors could persuade you maybe to join a sports activity or be included in a youth club team or school team. They could also highlight the fact that there is a range of sports available for you so you don’t have to be interested in the same sports as friends. This may also give opportunities to meet new people at sports event is you join a team because of a radio or television advertisement.

Your own feelings

You may well be a person who intends to join a sports club or team because of stress or other factors such as being over weight. You may also want to join a sport club to get away from hanging around street corners with friends doing absolutely nothing like may teenagers to nowadays. This is known as intrinsic.

Drugs ( only a few off the possible available )

Anabolic Steroids- these can be used to improve body composition and muscle size resulting in stronger muscles. Steroids can only improve athletic performance when strength is the primary component of the sport and when it is combined with a daily training programme.

Stimulants. The biological consequences of stimulant usage are to increase the rate and capacity of the heart, central nervous and respiratory systems. This category of drugs is divided into three groups:

Psychomotor (cocaine, diet suppressants, amphetamines)

Sympathomimetic amines, which mostly effect the sympathetic, and autonomic nervous system. These drugs seem to improve athletic performance by enhancing alertness and by reducing both mental and physical exhaustion. Stimulants are extremely dangerous (cocaine can cause death due to seizures, heart damage and strokes).

Hallucinogens (marijuana, LSD, PCP, and cocaine) are often called recreational, mind-altering, or street drugs. These drugs effect or distort the perception of incoming stimuli, inhibit response and decision making time. Usually, the drugs that make up the hallucinogenic group inhibit as opposed to enhance athletic performance.

Depressants. These drugs were designed to relieve tension/ anxiety, steady the nervous system of the fearful athlete. There are many problems in using this method to relax include impaired reaction time, poor hand eye coordination, and loss of balance and erratic judgment. In addition, prolonged usage can result in tolerance of the drug, need to use higher levels, and addiction.