Psychology 2990A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Product Placement, Psychological Intervention, Free Throw
27 Apr 2015
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What is sports psychology? development of psychological intervention skills to: help athletes enhance their performance, help athletes with their psychological well-being. With a psychological skills training program. (similar to an intervention). This is a structured practice of psychological sills. Education: knowing the importance of the mental skills in sports and how they help with performance. Acquisition: learning the skill and using it effectively. Practice: overlearning the skill so that it becomes automatic. Practice of establishing objectives for your actions. Goals can help with motivation by helping to: In a study using goal setting to enhance team cohesion, almost 80% of studies show a moderate to strong effect of goals on sports behavior. Performance profiling flexible assessment tool that identifies the athlete"s performance-related strengths and weaknesses. There are five steps that require the athlete to identify characteristics of an athlete in their sport and their ideal and current rating of their characteristics. It is used to determine the athletes" greatest weakness.
