L6 - Performance Profiling Flashcards
What are some weaknesses of traditional methods (interview, questionnaires, observation)?
- athletes play a passive role
- valuable information is lost
- problems occur with goal acceptance
- commitment and adherence issues
What is performance profiling (Butler and Hardy, 1992) and what does it aim to achieve?
Encourages athletes to take an active role in identifying the qualities needed to be successful in their sport
- an athlete centred technique to develop :- self awareness and self reflection
What is step 1 of the PP procedure?
Step 1 - introduce idea
- aim is to help them Identify and direct their training to areas of perceived need
- give examples of performance profiling and emphasise its usefulness
- explain that there is no right or wrong answers
What is step 2 of the PP protocol ?
Step 2 - Eliciting constructs
- set no limits to the number of qualities elicited
- athlete selects maximum 20 most important
- use the labels or descriptions given by the athlete
What is step 3 of the PP protocol ?
Step 3 - Assessment
- ask the athlete to rate him/herself out of 10 for each quality (importance, ideal, current)
A discrepancy score is then calculated (ideal-current X importance)
What is step 4, 5 and 6 of the PP protocol?
Step 4 - visual display
Step 5 - establish targets, ideal vs current score
Step 6 - action plan (goal setting e.g.)
When is performance profiling commonly used?
Early in season - prior to setting goals, bases for establishing psychological intervention
Throughout the season - to monitor and evaluate progress, improve group cohesion and communication
What is personal construct theory (Kelly, 1955,1991)?
- individuals strive to make sense of the world and themselves
- we develop personal constructs/ theories
- everyone is a scientist (seeking to understand, predict and control events)
What are our theories/concepts shaped by??
- us as individuals
- our experiences
- social influences
- self-awareness
What is individuality corollary?
Individuals often have unique perceptions and interpretations of an event (the imp characteristics of your sport)
What is experience corollary??
Theories or constructs are revised over time as we experience different events and test our constructs
Athletes will develop theories over their career
What is sociality corollary?
Our theories/constructs are shaped by ‘social processes’
Performance profiling is a shared experience
What is self awareness corollary??
Our constructs are shaped through self reflection on how we feel about certain events
An evaluation technique that encourages self reflection will result in greater self-awareness
Describe the natural application of PCT to sport? (PP)
Individual corollary - acknowledges individual nature of interpretation
Societal corollary - enables coach/sport psychologist to understand athletes perspective
Self- awareness corollary - encourages athletes to reflect and become more self aware
Experience corollary - an athletes interpretation is likely to be revised over time : PP can be a useful monitoring tool
What are the benefits of PP?
Raise self-awareness, coach athlete communication, intrinsic motivation, task involvement , basis for goal setting, tailor training, team related benefits, monitoring and evaluation
