KINE 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sport Psychology
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Psychological skills training- refers to the systematic and consistent practice of mental or psych skills for the purpose of enhancing performance, increasing enjoyment, or achieving greater self-satisfaction. Pst methods and techniques come from a variety of sources, mostly from mainstream psychology. Guidelines have been developed to make pst more effective. Athlete"s ability to: focus, rebound from failure, cope with pressure, persist in the face of adversity. Mentally tough athletes have a high sense of self-belief and unshakeable faith that they control their. Remain relatively unaffected by competition or adversity. Made up of the constructs of: motivation, dealing with pressure, confidence, concentration. These attributes were employed ____ competition: before (goal setting, during (coping with pressure, after (handling failure) Importance in terms of time spent training psych skills. Most day to day fluctuations in performance come from changes in psych factors, physiology doesn"t tend to change much. Lack of knowledge and comfort with teaching mental skills.
