Lecture 14: Sport Lifestyle Counseling Flashcards
Describe the study discussed in class. What was the purpose of the study? How was it analyzed? What are the key themes found?
The purpose of the study was to understand how MA’s apply sport psychology to enhance the adult sport experience.
Analysis:
- Deductive = goal setting, concentration, arousal regulation, self-confidence.
- Inductive = letting the data speak to you, looking for anything new.
Key Themes:
- Performance Readiness
- Adherence to Sport and the Adult Sporting Lifestyle
- Preserving Sport Enjoyment
- Aging and self-compassion.
Discuss Performance Readiness and what it entails:
Goal Setting:
- gives one motivation to train, can be long-term and treated as a destination.
Imagery:
- Competitive preparation.
Arousal Regulation:
- the level of activation needed to perform at your best.
Concentration:
- managing attentional demands during competitions.
Attention to Positives:
- step-by-step of the competition, focusing on all the parts you know to prepare ahead of time.
Self-Confidence:
- includes positive self-talk and revisiting process-oriented goals (ones you want to achieve on the journey).
Discuss Adherence to Sport and the Adult Sporting Lifestyle and what it entails:
- Psychological skills used to adhere to routine sport.
- Use strategies around making sport a priority to maintain adherence.
Personal Strategies:
- Justifying the sport priority. Giving oneself permission.
- Viewing sport as an investment into themselves.
- Combining sport with personal responsibilities.
Social Strategies:
- Create supporting relationships.
- Create skills to communicate and negotiate with SO’s
- Socially signaling sport priority (when you want to train, what you expect).
Discuss Preserving Sport Enjoyment and what it entails:
- Want to self-reflect on why you do the sport in the first place.
- View sport as an opportunity.
- Make goals diverse.
Discuss Aging and Self-Compassion and what it entails:
- Find new ways to gain rather than compensate for age-related losses.
- Can do this by looking at the psychological elements of sport.
- Have MA’s be self-compassionate (self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness)
What are the main differences between MA’s and Non-MA’s?
MA’s:
- INC attendance and seriousness
- willingness to do the work.
- Have reasons for seeking mental performance consultation.
-Partnered between MPC and MA’s
