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Psychology of sport performance Task 3a Describe the influences and effects of stress and anxiety on sports performance. STRESS Stress is a particular pattern of disturbing psychological and physiological reactions that occur when an environment event threatens important motives and your ability to cope with situations. Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand. It can be caused by both good and bad experiences. ANXIETY Anxiety affects our whole being. It affects how we feel, how we behave and has very real physical symptoms. It feels a bit like fear but whereas we know what we are frightened of, we often don't know what we are anxious about. Mild anxiety is vague and unsettling - severe anxiety can be extremely debilitating. Stress and anxiety in sports performers I have chosen to look at Mohammed Ali and the ways that stress and anxiety would have affected him during his boxing career....

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