Role of Stress Management in Sports

Abstract

The fact is that a lot of importance is being given to the sports and it has led to huge competition in sports due to which athletes are under pressure to perform well. Expectations of coaches, teammates or family members can lead to anxiety, depression and other forms of stress. It has become important to discuss stress management techniques for an athlete. Athletics coaches are constantly experimenting on their athletes, whether consciously or not, by seeing how much training they can take. Up to a certain level the athlete improves in performance, to a measurable extent, but there eventually comes a point when the training is too much. The athlete becomes more and more tired and eventually breaks down. This breakdown leads to listlessness, loss of appetite or improper sleep. Whereas the athlete who gets the right training load seems full of energy and is hardly ever ill. This paper brings out the crucial issue of stress in the life of a sportsperson and how can it be tackled.