In the Issue Analysis Paper, the topic selected is “Managing Performance Anxiety
In the Issue Analysis Paper, the topic selected is “Managing Performance Anxiety in Competitive Sports”
First, identify an important issue related to sports psychology (“Managing Performance Anxiety in Competitive Sports”) and describe that issue in detail during the first half of the paper. Then, in the paper’s second half, analyze the issue and suggest solutions. Analysis requires breaking a subject, issue, or event into constituent elements so that the assumptions or components are made clear and the relationships between them are made explicit.
Issues can include mental or physical conditions, performance, goal-setting and imagery, aggression and violence, group processes, competition, etc. The paper is not a personal opinion or reflection style paper. As such, it should NOT include personal stories or observation sharing but must analyze the issue; the personal, you or I, must be left out of your thinking and writing. You should write in 3rd person point of view (the most objective and analytical), as though your readers are intelligent but not fully informed about the topic.