Social facilitation/Inhibition

Social facilitation definition

positive influence of others competing on sports performance

Social inhibition definition

negative influence of others watching or competing, leads to decrease in performance

4 factors that affect performance

-presence of audience, inc performance
-if skill is simple, performance inc
-if skill is complex, performance dec

What is evaluation apprehension?

anxiety inc cause of perceived judgement of others

Effects of social facilitation on performance

-home vs away
-personality factors
-levels of experience
-type of skill

Strategies to minimise social inhibition

-block out audience
-have audience at training
-decrease importance of game
-use of imagery