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The ways in which elite athletes manage stress within their sports.
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Lycette Clarke: 5/4/2007 I am going to look at the ways in which elite athletes manage stress within there sports. I will use case studies. Stress effects both the average performer and elite sports athletes, it can lead to depression, insomnia, heightened anxiety, gastrointestinal distress, appetite loss and has been shown to affect the ability to focus on skills and flow in a performance. There are many causes of stress within athletes. Such as injury, mental fatigue, when it is thought that what is being asked of an athlete is beyond their perceived abilities, when too much is asked of the athlete in too short a space of time When unnecessary obstacles are put in the way of achieving goals. Some of these things are intrinsic and some possibly less are extrinsic. It is these factors, which cause most stress in elite athletes. ...
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