Centreing :One approach that could be used to help me overcome fear is ‘centering’. I used this approach because this allows me to mentally prepare for my performance and be able to manage my fear in preparation for the performance. For example if I was afraid of making a bad pass that gave away a goal I would visualise performing successfully passes and this will help me block out any negative feeling and help my performance.

Parking It: I also used ‘Parking it’ to help me manage my anger because this approach helped me to stay focused on the game by forgetting about the situation that had made me angry and continuing with my own game. As a result of using this approach I was able to stay calm and try to get possession of the ball and score a basket to help my team win as I was not still thinking about what had made me angry.

Repetition Drills: To develop more accurate passing skills in preparation for the performance I used repetition drills because this will allow me to increase my consistency when performing this skill in a game. This will help me as being able to pass accurately will help my team create scoring opportunities.

Conditioned Games: Another development approach I used was conditioned games, making the condition that I could only use 2 touches this helped me to develop my passing and moving skills when under pressure. This helped me in a real game as I was used to the pressure of exciting this skills when being closed down by a defender.

Interval Training: I could also develop CRE through interval training as this will allow me to work at a high intensity for 20-30 min in my training zone and ensure I can maintain a high skill level for the full duration of the game. In this last minute I will be able to break up pitch and score on counter attack.

Team practices help me improve my knowledge of the tactics the team were using as I was able to get used to my role when the team is defending. This allowed me to track my opponent and prevent my team from conceding.

Anger had a negative impact on the player’s performance as the information above shows that the player was booked and, then thirty minutes later sent off. This happened because the player was angry with himself for giving away the first goal and as a result took his frustration out on an opponent with two bad tackles.

Fear also had a negative impact on the players’ performance as he was afraid of making a mistake when performing in front of a big crowd and this caused him to become anxious and distracted. This had a negative impact on his performance as the player forgot to carry out his defensive duties as resulted in his team giving away the first goal.

Fear also led to the player committing his first foul and getting his first yellow card as he did not want to be at fault for conceding another goal so he brought the attacker down as he attempted to go by him.

Fear could also have impacted on the player’s confidence and this caused him to make mistakes when executing simple skills such as passing, as his success rate was only 40%.

Physical factor also responsible for this players performance:

Skill– This player is a very inaccurate passer due to his poor technique and this caused him to give the ball away a lot.

Skill– The player is a poor tackler and often mistimes tackles causing him to get booked.

Tactics– The player also did not have a good understanding of the team’s defensive tactics and this caused him not to track back and as a result his team conceded the first goal.

Tactics- The player was also playing out of position and this caused him to feel agitated as he was playing in a role he was not familiar with.

Fitness: The player also had a low level of speed/CRE and was not able to track back when defending, this caused the first goal.