# Spectator # Role of Spectators in Sports # Spectators presence & Athlete performance - Social Facilitation - Competing in a familiar environment - Spectators presence increase the sense of belonging # Spectators presence can worsen Sports performance - Social inhibition - Fear of Evaluation - The distraction effect # Bibliography THANKYOU

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SPECTATORS AND SPORTS
Course Code : PEDU247
Course Title : SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY
SUBMITTED TO : DR. AJIT KUMAR
SUBMITTED BY : Group Leader – DEVANSH ARYA - 74
LUCKY TRIVEDI – 73
RAHUL GULIA – 11
ADITYA RAJ – 50
HIMANSHU BACHKHETI – 71
ANKIT RAWAT – 82
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SPECTATOR
a person who watches an
activity, especially a sports
event, without taking part
in it.

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ROLE OF SPECTATORS IN SPORTS :
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 The role varies from sport to sport.
 In some the audience is the regulatory body or may even
participate on some level, but the consistently true roles of the
spectator is to watch the show.

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Spectators presence and Athlete performance
 Social facilitation
 Social facilitation is people’s tendency to do better when other people
when other people are watching them rather than alone.
 Applied to sports, in a match with a Spectator, a soccer player can make better
player can make better short passes or head shots because they’re simple.
However, they could also make bad long passes or free kicks, as these tasks are
more complicated.
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Spectators presence and Athlete performance
 Competing in a familiar
environment
 Although it seems like a very obvious factor, an athlete’s performance will
depend on whether they compete at home or away.
 Typically, athletes perform better and are more comfortable when they
compete in a familiar environment.
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Spectators presence and Athlete performance
 Spectators presence increases the
sense of belonging
 The presence of spectators in the stands cheering on an athlete is very important,
as they’ll feel loved and less nervous before competing.
 In unfamiliar situations, it’s normal for athletes to feel anxiety, and this isn’t
beneficial for performance.
 On the other hand, feeling supported by people, even if they’re strangers,
increases the feeling of control and reduces uncertainty.
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Spectators presence can worsen
Sports performance
 Social Inhibition
 Social inhibition is the flip side of Social facilitation.
 It occurs when the presence of other people worsens a
performance.
 Mainly, this effect occurs in difficult tasks or tasks that
learning.
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Spectators presence can worsen
Sports performance
 Fear of Evaluation
 Many people fear making mistakes in front of others.
 Nobody likes to disappoint or feel that they’ve failed those who expect a
lot from them.
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Spectators presence can worsen
Sports performance
 The Distraction Effect
 Spectators can cheer on an athlete during a competition with the intention
of making them feel loved.
 However, they can unconsciously become a distraction that makes it
difficult for the athlete to stay focused on relevant aspects during a
competition.
 This effect is more likely to appear in amateur athletes.
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 García, M. S., Aguilar, O. G., Romero, J. F., & Marques, P. S. (2015). Ventaja de jugar en casa en el
fútbol español (1928-2011). Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del
Deporte/International Journal of Medicine and Science of Physical Activity and Sport, 15(57), 181-194.
 Gray, R. (2004). Attending to the execution of a complex sensorimotor skill: Expertise differences,
choking, and slumps. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10(1), 42.
 Hill, D. M., Hanton, S., Matthews, N., & Fleming, S. (2010). Choking in sport: A review. International
Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3(1), 24-39.

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