Arousal Affects Sports Performance

Arousal is the increases state of readiness before performing a task or activity. Arousal is the level of aggression that a player has before a game they are about to play, for some sports such as cricket having an unnecessary high level of arousal is not needed and can affects a athletes performance in a negative way. Whereas in a highly physical sports like rugby the level of arousal needs to be higher to achieve optimal performance.

Arousal can also affects sports performers during a game, as arousal is the readiness of a sport performer before playing in their competition or game. If the arousal levels are too high then a sport performer is less likely to perform well during the game.

Performers can control their arousal levels before