The assistant explains the test protocol to the athlete:
Read each word/statement below, decide how you have been feeling, in respect to the word/statement, in the past week and today, and select the appropriate statement "Not at All", "A Little", "Moderately", "Quite a Lot"or "Extremely"to indicate your feeling.
The athlete responds to the 65 words/statements on the questionnaire below - no time limit
The assistant determines and records the athlete’s mood state scores.