SPORT PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTIONS Flashcards
What is psychological skills training?
- a program or intervention that entails a structured and consistent practice of psychological skills
What are the three distinct phases of psychological skills training?
- education phase
- acquisition phase
- practice phase
What does the education phase of psychological skills training consist of?
- athletes recognize importance of mental skills and performance impact
What does the acquisition phase of psychological skills training consist of?
- athletes acquire various psychological skills and learn to employ them
What does the practice phase of psychological skills training consist of?
- implement skills in practice and competition
What is goal setting?
- practice of establishing desirable objectives for one’s actions
- most common performance enhancement strategy
What are performance goals?
- improvement and attainment of personal performance standards
What are process goals?
- specific behaviours in which athletes must engage throughout a performance
What are outcome goals?
- social comparison and competitive results
Why are goals important?
- goals direct attention, mobilize effort, foster persistence, and promote the development of new learning strategies
- enhance self-confidence and satisfaction
Why is team goal setting important?
- effective for enhancing cohesion levels
What is performance profiling?
- identifying athletes’ performance-related strengths and weaknesses
How can we identify athletes’ performance-related strengths and weaknesses?
- identify key performance characteristics
- identify ideal rating for each characteristic
- rate current ability for each characteristic
- find discrepancy score by subtracting current rating from ideal rating
- prioritize targets
What are SMART goals?
Specific Measurable Adjustable Realistic Timely
What are some common goal setting problems?
- setting too many goals.
- failure to recognize individual differences
- underestimating implementation time
- failure to provide follow-up and evaluation
What is imagery?
- an experience that mimics real experience
- incorporates sight, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and kinesthetic senses
What is cognitive general imagery?
- includes images of strategies, game plans, or routines