Sports Psychology (Level 3) Course

Course Structure

Unit 1 – Introduction to Sport Psychology

• What is sport psychology?
• The role of a sport psychologist
• A brief history of sport psychology
• An overview of psychology

Unit 2 – How Personality, Attitudes and Behaviour Affect Sporting Performance

• Personality
• Attitudes
• Behaviour

Unit 3 – How the State Of Mind Affects Sporting Performance

• Emotions
• Arousal
• Theories of arousal
• How arousal affects sporting performance
• Anxiety
• How anxiety affects sporting performance
• Stress
• Causes of stress
• Measuring stress
• Stress Management
• Physical relaxation
• Imagery
• Focus

Unit 4 – How Motivation Goal Setting and Confidence Affect Sporting Performance

• Theories of motivation
• How motivation affects sporting performance
• Developing a motivational climate
• Goal setting
• Confidence building

Unit 5 - Social Influence in Sport

• How spectators affect sporting performance
• Research on audience effects
• Coping with audience effects
• The effects of co-action on sporting performance
• The home advantage phenomenon
• Teams and groups
• Factors that affect group performances
• Leadership

Unit 6 - Psychological Skills Training

• Psychological skills training
• A Psychological skills training Programme

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