People use expressed anger in the wrong way to meet a variety of questionable emotional needs. Anger usually develops as the result of other emotions. Fear and anxiety can quickly change into anger and be so expressed in the gym during training. In reality, the angry gymnast may be a frightened athlete. Sometimes these transfers from the emotion of anger become habitual and the gymnast loses awareness of the original situation from which the emotion derived This can really spell trouble in the learning process.
Anger is a form of energy that can be motivating.
The experience of anger is usually so uncomfortable that most people express it simply as a way of calming down. Once it is out the relief is often immediate in most cases. Unfortunately, at times this involves directing it against someone who may have nothing to do at all with the causes for the feeling. People are often unaware that personal needs are being met by their anger. Although it is relatively easy to recognize that we are angry, it is sometimes not as easy to identify the very emotional issues that have caused it.