Instead of helping an athlete learn to modify precompetitive anxiety by getting it into a predetermined IZOF,an athlete is taught to modify their perception of how anxiety affects performance.

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Jones' directionality theory focuses on how athletes perceive the intensity and direction of their anxiety and how these perceptions affect their performance. It suggests that the effect of anxiety on performance depends not just on the level of anxiety, but on how the athlete interprets this anxiety as either facilitating or debilitating.

Instead of Helping an Athlete Learn to Modify Precompetitive Anxiety