Self Talk and Attention

Question 1

Define “Psychological Skills Training”

Answer 1

A program or intervention that entails a structured consistent practice of psychological and cognitive skills and generally has three distinct phases

Question 2

What are these 3 distinct phases ?

Answer 2

Learning stage: education phase
Training Stage: acquisition of personal preferences
Application: practice and refine phase

Question 3

List some examples of pscyh up techniques

Answer 3

Pep talks, quotes, pre workouts, verbal cues, breathing imagery

Question 4

List some examples of pscyh down tecnniqes

Answer 4

Deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, autogenic training

Question 5

What are the 3 components of autogenic training?

Answer 5

1. warmth and heaviness in the limbs
2. Visualizing relaxing scenes
3. relaxing themes and self-statments