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Thesis:
Stress can help
athletes attain
difficult goals and
perform at their
maximum potential.
(Anshel)
•Good stress, also known as,
eustress, is the anticipation
athletes have when they are
unsure whether they, their
team, or the opposing team
will score next.
•Instead of feeling depressed
and overwhelmed, athletes
feel nervous, yet cheerful and
excited from good stress.
•Eustress is like a high for
college athletes, enabling them
to push themselves to exceed
their limitations.
•Good stress produces a
competitive drive within
athletes.
•As college athletes feel
stressed, their minds clear,
they focus, and effortlessly
their goal is met.
(Anshel)
•College athletes also need to be on top of their game in the classroom.
•With finals, exams, and papers, college athletes must maintain good grades to be eligible to
play.
•Some stress will help them perform at their best.
•It is important for them to use the amount of good stress to benefit themselves.
•Academically, good stress may help a college athlete work more efficiently towards a
deadline.
(Anshel)
•Without energy, college athletes would not be able to push themselves physically or
mentally.
•One of Montefiore Medical Center’s psychiatrists, Dr. Lynne Tan says, “Stress is a burst of
energy…It’s our body telling us what we need to do.”
•The small burst of hormones athletes feel when they are under pressure to complete a task
is due to stress.
•The energized feedback stress gives college athletes is comforting for them.
(Carmichael)
•College athletes’ ongoing busy schedules
make it easy for them to stay busy and
stressed.
•The stressful schedule that college
athletes have helps them avoid making
poor decisions.
•They are restricted to a healthy diet, so
without the pressure to stay true to it, who
knows what they would consume.
•If they didn’t have to remain in such great
shape, they wouldn’t spend as much time in
the gym.
•Without stress, they wouldn’t be driven to
become quicker, more powerful, or more
agile.
(Weaver)
•In Health Magazine, Mary
Carmichael states: “Stress is
like a body temperature: if
it’s too low or too high, you
can’t survive, but the right
balance can keep you going
strong.”
•Good stress is the only kind
of stress that lasts for a
short amount of time.
•Good stress causes little to
no damage to the body and
contributes to a healthier,
longer life.
•A track star may use good
stress to spark an explosive
sprint off the starting
blocks.
(Carmichael)
•Deborah Gillespie
related stress to food in
her article, Eustress for
Success.
• She believes that
stress is essential for all
athletes’ wellbeing, just
like food is.
•Without any stress at
all, athletes would not
have the ability to
mentally or physically
push themselves.
(Gillespie)
Works Cited
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November 2009
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emplate/Positive%20Stress-MTSU%20Wellness%20Program.doc>.
Carmichael, Mary. "Who Says Stress is Bad For You?" Newsweek. 14
February 2009. 28 November 2009
<http://www.newsweek.com/id/184154>.
Gillespie, Deborah. "Eustress For Success." Picolio. June 2007. 28
November 2009
<http://www.picolio.com/homework/Eustress_For_Success_Essay.htm
>.
"Positive vs. Negative Stress." Stress Focus. 2009. 28 November 2009
<http://www.stressfocus.com/stress_focus_article/positive-andnegative-stress.htm>.
Weaver, Jane. "Can Stress Actually Be Good For You?" MSNBC. 20
December 2006. 28 November 2009
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