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The relationship between pre-competition and sleep and mood
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The relationship between pre-competition and sleep and mood

A Lastella, Geoff Lovell, Scott Gayton and C Sargent
New Zealand Sports Medicine and Science Conference 2009: Conference Catalogue, p.89
New Zealand Sports Medicine and Science Conference, 2009 (Rotorua, New Zealand, 12-Nov-2009–14-Nov-2009)
Sports Medicine New Zealand, Inc.
2009
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Abstract

Human Movement and Sports Science Psychology sleep behaviour mood athletes
Sleep has been identified by athletes, coaches, and sports trainers as a critical component for training and competition. There is also anecdotal evidence to suggest that sports performers commonly suffer from disrupted sleep pior to competition. Laboratory based findings highlight the impairments sleep deprivation can have upon one's affective state and cognitive functions, including increased anxiety, depressed mood, anger, tension, and irritability. If such results can be generalised to pre-competitive sporting situations, one would expect that poor sleep prior to competition would have a negative impact on mood, which based on previous research would have the potential to negatively affect performance. However, literature examining sleep behaviour in athletes prior to competition is scarce; little research has reported the frequency and extent of sleep disruption experienced by sports performers the night prior to competition. Furthermore, there is also a paucity of data regarding how perceived sleep quality the night prior to competition, relative to sleep prior to non-competition days, relates to pre-competition mood.

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