... up, as they are too relaxed. The physical symptoms of arousal are: * Faster heart beat. * Quicker breathing. * Sweating. * Nervousness. * Feeling sickness. * Mouth feels dry. Anxiety normally occurs when players dwell on the subjects too long worrying themselves, constantly thinking about the worst. The arousal importance is considered to have priority over any of important matters. It regularly happens when a player becomes too psyched up for the activity. Anxiety is am over spill of arousal. The effects of Anxiety are: * Increased heart rate. * Increased breathing rate. * Sweating. * Nausea. * Excessive muscle tension. * Perception narrowing. * Increase in self-centred thoughts; - Awareness of self as the centre of attention. - 'What if' thoughts. Drive Theory One influential approach is the drive theory, which can also be meet in other contexts (shown in Fig.1.). Drive theory proposes that as arousal increases to meet the perceived demands of the task, so the performance is more likely to reflect the most usual ...

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