Factors impacting on performance

When answering questions on factors and how they impact performance, you should provide specific and in-depth answers. To achieve this, you can follow the 3-step process.

Mental factors can be divided into two different sections: those concerned with cognition and those reflecting psychological traits. They impact performance in different ways.

Emotional factors refer to the range of different emotions you experience during participation in sport. Some of these emotions can be positive, others negative, and some can even be controlled to move from negative to positive.

Social factors refer to socialisation with teammates, the opposition and in different environments. They can impact performance in different ways.

Physical factors refer to fitness, skills and tactics. Fitness covers agility, CRE, flexibility and power. These can impact performance in different ways.

Physical factors refer to fitness, skills and tactics. Skills covers reaction time, accuracy, consistency and rhythm. These can impact performance in different ways.

Physical factors refer to fitness, skills and tactics. Tactics covers delay, penetration and width. These can impact performance in different ways.

Revise how the four factors (mental, emotional, social and physical) interact with each other for Higher Physical Education.