5SR004 Sport and Exercise Psychology

Gobinder Singh Gill

Aims and Objectives

• ALL students will develop an understanding of the key principles within sport and exercise psychology

• MOST students will engage in learning and application of critical literature

• ALL students will gather and critically examine psychological data

• SOME Students will make appropriate analysis that support psychological interventions

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Understanding Sport and Exercise Psychology

• Concerns the understanding of mental preparation of participants.

• Relates to the emotional behaviour of those involved in sport and exercise.

• Provides practitioners opportunities to utilise psychological interventions to support and enhance participation.

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Application

Research

Reflection

Interventions

Emotion

Mental preparation

Behaviour

Scientific

KEYWORDS

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Model of Learning

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Psychological well-being and health

Preparation for training

and competition

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Sport PsychologySport PsychologyEducationEducation EnhancementEnhancement ApplicationApplication

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Role of theRole of theSport PsychologistSport Psychologist

Assessment and Assessment and Testing of athletesTesting of athletes Group work Group work Research Research

Design and Design and DeliveryDelivery

of training coursesof training courses One-to-one One-to-one coachingcoaching

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• How do we optimise performance?• Focus on different interventions• Applying theory into practice• Case studies• Research and its application• Psychological Skills Training • Mental Skills Training

Optimising PerformanceOptimising Performance

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Assessment and Training of AthletesAssessment and Training of Athletes

• Questionnaires

• Interviews

• Observation

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Group WorkGroup Work• Presenting material in various formats, such as,

presentations, posters, oral discussions and assignments

• Relating theory into practice by adapting skills to formulate coaching routines

• Develop psychological and mental training routines to integrate into performance enhancement

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One to One CoachingOne to One Coaching• Application of skills into practice

• Applying coaching into psychology and vice versa

• Differentiating between individual and team sports/athletes

• Coaching and individual differences between elite, novice, youth and amateur

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Design and Delivery of CoursesDesign and Delivery of Courses• Psychological Skills Training (Bull et al., 1996)• Mental Skills Training (Jones et al., 2002)• Goal Setting (Locke & Latham, 1990)• Emotional Intelligence (Mayer & Salovey, 1990)• Counselling Courses• Psychological Skills Educational Programme (Boutcher & Rotella,

1987)• Psychological Life Development Intervention (Danish, Petitpas &

Hale, 1992)

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• Select three images from elite sport and in the role of a Sport Psychologist relate to the following:

Profile the situation

Identify the emotion

Suggest ways in which you could support each performer

Suggest a time frame

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ResearchResearch• Boutcher, S.H & Rotella, R.J. (1987). A psychological skills educational program

for closed-skill performance enhancement. The Sport Psychologist,1, 127-137.• Bull, S.J., Albinson, J.G., & Shambrook, C.J. (1996). The mental game plan:

Getting psyched for sport. Eastbourne, UK: Sports Dynamics.• Danish, S.J., Petitpas, A.J,. & Hale, B.D. (1992). A developmental-educational

intervention model of sport psychology. Sport Psychologist, 6, 403-415.• Jones, J.G., Hanton, S., & Connaughton, D. (2002). What is thing called mental

toughness? An investigation of elite performers. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 14, 205-218.

• Locke, E.A., & Latham, G.P. (1990). A theory of goal setting and task performance. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall

• Mayer, J.D., & Salovey, P. (1997). What is emotional intelligence? In P. Salovey, & D. Slvyter (Eds). Emotional development and emotional intelligence: educational implications. New York. Basic Books.