Optimal Arousal Levels in Sport (AQA GCSE Physical Education (PE))
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Optimal Arousal Levels in Sport
Optimal arousal levels will be different for different activities or skills being performed. For example:
Sports requiring fine skill and accurate movement and precision, such as aiming for the target in archery, will require low arousal and so will have a lower optimal arousal
Where gross skills with high power and energy are required, such as when lifting weights, high levels of arousal will be needed so the optimal arousal level will be higher
Diagram of inverted-U theory graph
The optimal levels of arousal are different for different activities
Exam Tip
It is important you refer to the skill or action within a sport and not just the sport itself when describing how the optimal arousal level can change.
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