Emotions Affect Performance

Website: https://appliedsportpsych.org

The Association for Applied Sports Psychology work with athletes, coaches, non-sport performers (dancers, musicians), business professionals, and military, firefighters, police).

Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach, an executive board member, and Certified Mental Performance Consultant will discuss emotion regulation for athletes and non-athletes and the science behind it.

In this episode, we discuss how each emotion has the potential to either help or hinder performance whether you're an athlete or non-athlete in the work-place.

Many non-athletes need to use emotional regulation techniques in their every day lives/at work.

Those with high-pressure jobs (business professionals), high-risk occupations (firefighters, police, military, etc.) and performers (dancers, musicians) can use emotional regulation to succeed, survive or perfect their craft.

How are emotional regulation techniques different for athletes, performers, business professionals, etc.?

I ask about how an athlete like Michael Phelps, or Tiger Woods uses visualization to play at a higher level than most and when athletes experience loss or have a bad day in their sport how it affects their next game.

Dr. Dieffenbach teaches people how to work on regulating their emotions. 

How can you counteract your hot buttons and stay emotionally tough? 

Find out in this podcast, listen now.