Dweck's theory (2012) - Explores fixed and growth mindsets. Athletes encouraged to develop their own growth mindset to increase their motivation, self-efficacy and productivity., Fixed mindset - Tend to believe their qualities are set in stone. They worry about how they appear to others. Likely to avoid challenges, give up easily with difficult challenges, react badly, try to hide weaknesses, ignore helpful feedback, believe only talent will lead to success and don't value effort, threatened by other athletes' success, Growth mindset - Believe intelligence and talent can grow. Rise to the challenge, resilient, thrive and develop as a result of difficult times, discuss weaknesses openly, open to suggestions to improve, appreciate talent and recognise dedication and effort are a way to master skills, admire and be inspired by other athletes' success, 10,000 hours practice - More athletes practise a skill, more likely to be able to perform it to a high standard. Athlete practising for 10,000 hours is likely to have had a growth-mindset before. , Learned helplessness - Believes that a situation is outside of their control. Give up easily as they don't feel they can do anything to make the situation better. Avoid certain situations, choose unachievable tasks to give them the excuse for failure, less likely to solve problems. Lead to reduced performance level., Talent versus effort - Fixed mindsets- believe natural talent cannot be improved. Growth mindset- believe natural talent can be improved with effort. , Resilience - ability to deal with or recover quickly from difficult situations, Overcoming adversity - Important to have high levels of resilience when they need to overcome injury, burnout, a slump in performance or during a career transition. , Perfectionism - obsessive desire to achieve exceptionally high standard through over-critical reviews of their own performance, Traits of a perfectionist - wanting flawless performance, high standards, hard on themselves, practising over and over to become perfect, Functional perfectionism (adaptive perfectionism) - Perfectionism can be position, develop self-confidence and self-esteem, can enjoy challenge of perfecting skills and techniques, Dysfunctional perfectionism (maladaptive perfectionism) - Perfectionism can be negative. Lead to obsessive compulsiveness and unrealistic desire to achieve something that isn't possible. Lead to mental health issues. , Impact of perfectionism - motivate athletes to work hard and demonstrate commitment, make athletes risk-averse and scared of making mistakes leading to decrease in performance, put off doing difficult things,

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