Week 11: Sport Psychology Interventions

Question 1

Mental training across various disciplines

Answer 1

-mental training for sport
-mental training for performing arts
-mental training for children in school
etc

Question 2

Sport psychologist

Answer 2

-someone with a PHD in sport psychology

Question 3

Mental skills coach

Answer 3

-does not have a PHD in sport psychology

Question 4

Flow

Answer 4

-the state in which people are so involved in activity that nothing else matters

Question 5

Golden rule of flow

Answer 5

-skill of individual must meet challenge of situation

Question 6

Mental skills

Answer 6

-can be taught and learned

Question 7

Psychological skills training

Answer 7

-education phase: athletes recognize the importance of mental skills and their impact on performance
-acquisition: athletes acquire various psychological skills and learn to employ them
-practice phase: athletes implement skills in practice and competition

Question 8

Performance profiling

Answer 8

-stage 1: ranking and defining the most important qualities
-stage 2: plotting your own performance profile
-stage 3: generating action points
-stage 4: identifying barriers

Question 9

Flow peak performance

Answer 9

-state that we want to achieve

Question 10

Goal setting

Answer 10

-enhance self confidence and satisfaction

Question 11

Types of goals

Answer 11

-performance goals: goals that focus on improvement and attainment of personal performance standards
-process goals: goals that focus on specific behaviours in which athletes must engage throughout a performance
-outcome goals: goals that focus on social comparison and competitive results

Question 12

Goal setting using SMART

Answer 12

-specific
-measureable
-adjustable
-realistic
-timely

Question 13

Analytic model of imagery

Answer 13

-cognitive general imagery: images of strategies, game plans, or routines
-motivational general imagery: images relating to physiological arousal levels and emotions

Question 14

Self talk

Answer 14

-instructional self talk: the overt or covert speech that individuals use for skill development, skill execution, strategy development, and general performance improvement
-motivational self talk: the overt or covert speech that individuals use for mastery, arousal control and drive

Question 15

Arousal regulation

Answer 15

-breathing
-progressive relaxation (tensing and relaxing specific muscles)
-meditation
-autogenic training
-biofeedback

Question 16

Chocking

Answer 16

-occurs as physiological arousal continues to increase to the point of causing involuntary narrowing of an individuals focus and to the point of causing attention to become more internally focused

Question 17

Mindfulness

Answer 17

-awareness and acceptance of internal and external states, and involves non-judgemental, present moment, and task relevant awareness

Question 18

Controlling distractions

Answer 18

-factors in training and competitive environment
-general living and environmental factors
-previous preparation factors
-relationships

Question 19

Parking

Answer 19

-establish appropriate parking image which has personal meaning and can be comfortably used
-implement skill in competition

Question 20

Performance routines

Answer 20

-segment is the basis for constructing performance routines into manageable chunks which will allow you to focus totally on task elements

Question 21

Competition plan

Answer 21

-long term pre competition
-short term pre competition
-night before competition
-wake up to departure time
-arrival at competition site
-pre competition warm up
-competition

Question 22

Problems with mental skills programs

Answer 22

-lack of conviction/time
-belief that they are innate
-lack of sport knowledge
-lack of follow up
-negative perceptions of sport psychology