psychological stressors and athlete performance

The topic of this research paper is: “Psychological Stressors and Athlete Performance”.

Find the positive and nagative implications of Psychological Stressors regarding the peak performance in athletes.

What are the “stressors” that can affect for the good or for the bad athletes’ performance.

The paper needs to be a minimum of 15 pages and a maximum of 20 pages. The Title Page and References do not count in this number.

Outline:

The basic outline of your paper should be as follows:

1.Title Page

Introduction
Statement of Problem/Issue
- Tell me why this is an important issue.
- Have other studied this before? If so, why is it important to do further research? If not, how is the issue important?!
- Research Question or Hypothesis
Literature Review
- This will be the bulk of your paper.
- You are reviewing and summarizing the literature/cases on your given topic.
- You should be discussing a lot of journal articles here that you have researched and read.
- Talk about other research in this area. What have other scholars found?
Discussion
- This is where your opinion starts to come into play. For example, don’t just tell me that sport has a dark side; tell me why it does and what other factors influence it.
Conclusion
- Potential answers to solve the issue based on the lit Review.
References
- Need to be in APA format
- You must include at least 5 peer-reviewed sources (i.e., journal articles) and at least 5 other sources(cases, other articles, books, etc.). DO NOTplan on writing most of your paper off of website information or Sports Illustratedarticles.
- WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A SOURCE!!!
- Your book cannotcount toward your source total, but you can use it as a source. There are articles cited in the book chapters – pull them and use them.