What Makes a Player Perform:
Does Attendance Affect Performance?
The Carolina Hurricanes is North Carolina’s premier hockey team having won the Stanley Cup in 2006. This victory means the Hurricanes are the only pro sports team in North Carolina who has won a major championship. Lately, however, attendance has been down and the Hurricanes have not experienced the same level of success as years past. This lack of success has fueled relocation rumors and while relocating could help, it is not promised that this action will increase attendance or player performance. All sports are different, while hockey, football, and basketball may thrive on the crowd noise and hometown support, sports like golf and tennis perform best with very silent crowds. …show more content…
Still fans supported their team along with the individual players who were relished in much the same way as pro football or basketball players in the region. After all it is not uncommon for a professional team to follow up a championship season with a less stellar performance the following season. At the end of the 2007 season the Hurricanes record was 43-33 but missed the playoffs. The 2007 year started a trend for attendance dropping every year since then. 2015 season the Carolina Hurricanes were ranked dead last for attendance totals and Arizona second to last. The Hurricanes also finished with a record of 30-41 missing the playoff for the sixth consecutive …show more content…
Golf has always been referred to as a gentleman’s game. This means that players are supposed to treat each other with respect. Players do not mind the talking in the crowds, there will always be a little bit of noise no matter what. Coughing, sneezing those are natural. Ogilvy suggest that, "It's the change in dead silence to noise or from noise to dead silence that's bad" (as cited in Larson, 2012). One could compare that to the old basketball air horn drill. While shooting free throws, right before the ball gets released a coach, or friend will sound an air horn to distract the player that will possibly cause them to miss.
Conclusion
It seems as if from the examples that attendance does not effect a player’s performance. Some players thrive off of crowds, some don’t, it all depends on the game and the profession. Golfers will not ever thrive off of crowds because, they are not used to their galleries cheering while they play. Some basketball, football, or hockey players may thrive off of a crowd cheering them on, or may get more out of a crowd booing them. It is more of what makes each individual sports athletes
Does Attendance Affect Performance?
The Carolina Hurricanes is North Carolina’s premier hockey team having won the Stanley Cup in 2006. This victory means the Hurricanes are the only pro sports team in North Carolina who has won a major championship. Lately, however, attendance has been down and the Hurricanes have not experienced the same level of success as years past. This lack of success has fueled relocation rumors and while relocating could help, it is not promised that this action will increase attendance or player performance. All sports are different, while hockey, football, and basketball may thrive on the crowd noise and hometown support, sports like golf and tennis perform best with very silent crowds. …show more content…
Still fans supported their team along with the individual players who were relished in much the same way as pro football or basketball players in the region. After all it is not uncommon for a professional team to follow up a championship season with a less stellar performance the following season. At the end of the 2007 season the Hurricanes record was 43-33 but missed the playoffs. The 2007 year started a trend for attendance dropping every year since then. 2015 season the Carolina Hurricanes were ranked dead last for attendance totals and Arizona second to last. The Hurricanes also finished with a record of 30-41 missing the playoff for the sixth consecutive …show more content…
Golf has always been referred to as a gentleman’s game. This means that players are supposed to treat each other with respect. Players do not mind the talking in the crowds, there will always be a little bit of noise no matter what. Coughing, sneezing those are natural. Ogilvy suggest that, "It's the change in dead silence to noise or from noise to dead silence that's bad" (as cited in Larson, 2012). One could compare that to the old basketball air horn drill. While shooting free throws, right before the ball gets released a coach, or friend will sound an air horn to distract the player that will possibly cause them to miss.
Conclusion
It seems as if from the examples that attendance does not effect a player’s performance. Some players thrive off of crowds, some don’t, it all depends on the game and the profession. Golfers will not ever thrive off of crowds because, they are not used to their galleries cheering while they play. Some basketball, football, or hockey players may thrive off of a crowd cheering them on, or may get more out of a crowd booing them. It is more of what makes each individual sports athletes