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

3 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?

increase in anxiety because of perceived judgement of others

What effects 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