Athletes today are more determined and gritty in their efforts to win. They are going all out to get the extra stretch in whichever game they are participating. A couple of researches done by the University of Arizona came up with amazing results about how fear thoughts influence the minds of the players and gives a boost to their self-confidence. The university did a random study with questionnaires to a few basketball players related to mortality and death.
Players are determined to perform better as they are keen to boost their self-esteem rather than think and fear for death. The researchers conducted two studies. The results suggest that the players are able to offer much enhanced performance due to psychology’s “terror management …show more content…
Some were asked similar questions but the word death was replaced by basketball. The researchers gave the players sufficient time for the questions to drive into their minds.
The investigators came to the conclusion that the players who were asked about death showed an improvement of up to 40% in their second game while there was not much of improvement in the game of players that were asked about basketball. Players who thought of death also bettered their performance by about 20% than in the other group.
The second study was centered around death again in a more refined way with some basket-shooting challenges. The players were brought on to the court one at a time with the investigator briefing them about the task. It will be appropriate to mention that the T-shirt that the investigator wore a sported the figure of a white skull in black background and the word “death” printed on it. One point was given for a layup, 2 points for a free throw line and 3 points from three-point. The players had to keep moving while playing. Here too it was found that players who saw the shirt worn by the researcher performed better by about 30% than those who could not see the T-shirt worn by the investigator. They could shoot better, were faster in their movement and took more shots at the
Players are determined to perform better as they are keen to boost their self-esteem rather than think and fear for death. The researchers conducted two studies. The results suggest that the players are able to offer much enhanced performance due to psychology’s “terror management …show more content…
Some were asked similar questions but the word death was replaced by basketball. The researchers gave the players sufficient time for the questions to drive into their minds.
The investigators came to the conclusion that the players who were asked about death showed an improvement of up to 40% in their second game while there was not much of improvement in the game of players that were asked about basketball. Players who thought of death also bettered their performance by about 20% than in the other group.
The second study was centered around death again in a more refined way with some basket-shooting challenges. The players were brought on to the court one at a time with the investigator briefing them about the task. It will be appropriate to mention that the T-shirt that the investigator wore a sported the figure of a white skull in black background and the word “death” printed on it. One point was given for a layup, 2 points for a free throw line and 3 points from three-point. The players had to keep moving while playing. Here too it was found that players who saw the shirt worn by the researcher performed better by about 30% than those who could not see the T-shirt worn by the investigator. They could shoot better, were faster in their movement and took more shots at the