Emotions and Athlete Learning

In this chapter, we draw the reader's attention to some of the ways in which athlete learning is an inherently emotional and embodied activity, as well as an interactive and cognitive one. Towards this end, the chapter provides some foundational information regarding emotions. Following this, the attention then shifts to exploring the ways in which emotions may manifest themselves in the processes of athlete learning. Here, we draw on Pekrun and Linnenbrink-Garcia's (2014) conceptualisations of achievement emotions, epistemic emotions, topic emotions, social emotions, and incidental emotions to guide our discussion. Finally, the chapter concludes by summarising the key issues examined.