BBC 英语学习 足球运动员如何应对高压情况

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Georgie. And I'm Neil.
Neil, I'm not a huge fan of football, but I know you are.
So why do you love it so much?
Oh, where can I start?
I think it's the combination of the passion
and also the skill and athleticism of the players.
Um, they call it 'the beautiful game' for a reason.
Now, football players are faster than ever before,
but the game is also about making very quick decisions.
Yes, to be the best of the best,
some football clubs have started looking beyond the body, to the brain.
Here's Tom Cooke, academy psychologist for Nottingham Forest Football Club,
talking to the BBC World Service.
We're watching these athletes make decisions in split instincts
under the highest pressures and the highest intensities.
It made a lot of sense to go, well, neurologically or cognitively,
there's something going on.
There's something going on in the brain
when the athletes are making quick decisions.
If there's something going on,
something unknown and interesting is happening.
So what's happening inside the brains of football players?
And could brain training help win more games?
That's what we'll be hearing about in this programme.
And don't forget to find a free transcript at bbclearningenglish.com
But first Neil, I have a question for you.
As we've heard, football players have to make decisions
in high-pressure situations and their performance may be influenced by
their emotional state and fear response.
But which part of the brain is best known for its role in processing fear
and detecting threats?
Is it a) the brain stem, b) the amygdala, or c) the cerebellum?
Well, I don't know.
But I'm going to guess b) the amygdala because I like the sound of the word.
OK. Well I'll reveal the answer later in the programme.
In 2014, a group of Japanese scientists studied the brain
of Brazilian football star Neymar.
They found that his brain was a lot less active than the brains of his peers
when he rotated his right ankle.
Here's Holly Bridge, professor of neuroscience at the University
of Oxford, talking about this research to the BBC World Service.
That reduction in activity in Neymar's cortex
reflects that he has absolute expertise in moving his feet, and
it's essentially done with very, very little conscious effort. Holly said
Neymar has absolute expertise in moving his feet.
Expertise means a high level of skill or knowledge gained with experience.
Neymar's expertise is shown without much conscious effort.
Conscious describes something done with awareness, not by accident.
So if Neymar kicks the ball without much conscious effort,
he plays without thinking too much.
Decades after this research,
football clubs are becoming more interested in brain data technology,
even exploring whether a player's brain can be trained.
Here's Tom Cooke, academy psychologist for Nottingham Forest Football Club.
What we're doing is trying to design sessions
but with cognition or neuroscience at the centre of it.
So it could be something
like they're not great at storing lots of information.
So we're trying to overwhelm them in a safe environment like training.
That's the way the development and improvement can happen
to hopefully affect when they go out into games or cup competitions.
Training can help players deal with the pressures of the game.
Here's Holly Bridge again talking about how emotions can affect a player's game.
A lot of performance is also driven by your emotional state,
and that is something you can learn to control.
How well a player performs is driven by their emotional state. Here,
driven by means influenced by or pushed forward by.
Holly says that too many emotions can lead to a lack of precision and focus.
In a football match,
high-pressure scenarios like penalties, corners and free kicks
offer rare moments of stillness.
Here's Niklas Häusler, founder and CEO of Neuro 11,
talking to the BBC World Service.
He measures players' brainwaves before these important kicks
and teaches them how to stay relaxed.
If you don't focus right in those moments and let's say
mentally you're all over the place,
then it becomes more difficult to have an accurate corner
and to try to win the game.
And when we talk about margins,
those are the little margins that can make all the difference.
If you're mentally all over the place,
it's more difficult to kick the ball accurately.
When we describe something as all over the place,
we mean that it's chaotic, disorganised, or confused.
Niklas said that small margins can make all the difference to a game.
Yes, a margin is a measure of difference.
Here we're talking about small details that can affect
a player's performance or outcome of a match.
Now, speaking of how emotions can affect performance, I think
it's time for the answer to your quiz question, Georgie.
Yes, I asked you which part of the brain is best known
for its role in processing fear.
And I guessed b) the amygdala.
Which was the correct answer. Well done.
The amygdala is associated with our processing of fear and anxiety.
OK, time for a vocabulary recap.
If there is something going on,
something interesting or important is happening.
Expertise is specialised knowledge or skill gained through study
or experience.
Conscious means involving active thought or attention.
If something is driven by something, it is influenced by it
and pushed forward by it.
All over the place describes a situation or mental state
which is disorganised, chaotic, or confused.
And finally, a margin is a measure of difference,
small details of which can affect an outcome.
Once again, our six minutes are up,
but remember you can find a free transcript, worksheet and quiz
on our website, bbclearningenglish.com
Goodbye for now. Goodbye.

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