Trash talking! Its detrimental.
Trash-talking is a well-known yet vague behaviour which has been embedded within the sporting culture, with no clear understanding as to when this added psychological pressure transforms to unacceptable, verbal abuse within the sporting society, detrimental to the psychological states of an athlete (Jhonson and Taylor, 2018). With no clear segmentation of trash-talking, the acceptability of this behaviour within sport is based primarily on each individuals’ perception of the term (Omine, 2017; Kershnar, 2015) . An athlete’s psychological state is a crucial to their performance. Jhonson and Taylor (2020) highlighted sporting excellence is conducted through a combination of an individual’s psychological, cognitive and physical abilities during performance. This e mphasises the vitality of the sports psychology profession, ensuring athletes maintain steady composure, and stability during performance. Sports psychologists have a thorough understanding that shaking an athlete’s ment...