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Sports & Spectators
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Sports & Spectators
Examine impact of audiences on athletic performance. Discusses passive & non-passive audience research, theories, arousal level, coach & teammates' roles and home audience.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
10 sources |
1989
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"The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on how spectators influence the performance of athletes - a phenomenon commonly referred to as "social facilitation" with respect to athletic performance. In this regard, it is important to note that as pointed out by Gill (1986), social facilitation (sometimes referred to as audience effects) research consists of studies where spectators simply observe the behavior and make no comments or overt evaluations and studies where spectators react to what they see. In addition, there are studies that include effects limited to those generated by the spectators and there are studies where effects are examined as interactions of player variables with the audience. This research examines each of (...)"More papers on Sports & Spectators:
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"Sports & Spectators" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Sports-Spectators/17940>
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