Interviews / Questionnaires

Following on from my survey, i decided to also decided to conduct an in depth interview (in the form of a questionnaire) on 3 of my participants. One of these was a GB youth sailor, one a county cricket player and one a very high standard football and cricket player. 

I asked a range of questions all open which allowed me to gain more detail and insight about why they felt the way they did prior to performing. 

When analysing the answers I found that the higher level performers interpret anxiety in a way that facilitates their performance mainly as they knew they could out perform their opponents.