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Emotions and performance in rugby.

Mickaël Campo¹, Stéphane Champely², Andrew M Lane³

¹SPMS (EA 4180), UBFC, Dijon 21078, France.

Journal of Sport and Health Science

|November 14, 2019

Summary

Rugby players

Keywords:

Emotion Game location Game time Linear Mixed Effects model Multilevel analysis Performance assessment Team sport

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Area of Science:

Sports Psychology
Performance Analysis
Rugby Union Studies

Background:

Understanding the psychological factors influencing athletic performance is crucial in sports.
Emotions are known to impact decision-making and execution in high-pressure environments.
Previous research has explored emotion-performance links, but less is known about their dynamics within a full game context in rugby.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between specific emotions and performance in professional rugby union players.
To identify the range of emotions experienced by players during matches.
To examine how these emotions, game location (home/away), and game time influence player performance.

Main Methods:

22 professional male rugby union players participated.
Auto-confrontation interviews were used to identify instances of intense emotion during games.
Player performance was assessed by rugby experts at 189 critical time-points using a visual analog scale.

Main Results:

Seven distinct pre-performance emotions were identified.
High levels of anxiety and anger were significantly associated with poorer performance.
A Linear Mixed Effects model revealed additive effects of game location, game time, and emotions on individual performance.

Conclusions:

Specific emotions, particularly anxiety and anger, negatively impact rugby performance.
Game context (location and time) interacts with emotional states to influence player outcomes.
Future research should employ video-assisted recall and player-validated performance measures to further explore in-game emotion-performance dynamics.