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Psychological Skills Training and Sport Performance

IMPORTANT FEATURES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS TRAINING

Ideal Time for Implementing Psychological Skills Training

Preseason also allows flaws in athletes’ psychological skill to be corrected in a relaxed atmosphere.

During preseason training before the start of new season of competition.(Weinberg & William, 2001)

Who is The Best Qualified To Conduct Psychological Skills Training?

Coaches and Sport Psychologist as a backup to the coaches for supervision and advice and also evaluate the effectiveness of the PST

Psychologist that have an extensive background education in both sport and psychological science together with some practical supervised experience in the implement of Psychological Skills Training. (Weinberg & William, 2001)

Who Benefits From Psychological Skill Training?

Physically disabled athletes

Mentally retarded athletes

Semi-skilled athletes

Young and inexperienced athletes

Elite and highly skilled athletes, including Olympic Games bound athletes

Psychological Skills Training and Performance

PST flourishes positive environment and provision of concentrate suggestion from Sport Psychologist & athletes

PST can be observed and define in three different type of individual and team sport athletes.

PST helps athletes and teams to improve their performance.

Comprehensive versus Modified

practical purpose a modified and shot form of PST as time constraints permit is usually recommended and implemented for athletes and teams

makes an implementation of a comprehensive PST difficult.

Most of their time is used for training and competition.

Teams and athletes do not have unlimited amount of time at their disposal.

EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILL TRAINING

Application of psychological Skills Training to other Aspects of life

Stress and anxiety that are associated outside of sport could be reduced through the use of psychological skills training technique of positive self talk, anxiety management, attention focus strategies and self-confidents strategies

Athlete Should Adopt a Passive State of Mind

Receptive to new ideas and is able to make things happen naturally for them to benefits from psychological skills training than a mind that is active and forces things to happen

Specific Needs of Athlete

know their individual and specific needs of an implementation of generalized psychological skills training

Performance is Through Hard Work

Aware that superior performance in sport is achieve through:- -Work hard -Diligence -Perseverance in training and competition

Athlete Must Fully Commit to Psychological Skills

Willing to use psychological skill to continues basis in training and in competition

Implementation of psychological skills training ( PHASE 1 TO 5 )

PHASE 5- Holding meetings with athletes on an individual basis in training to help them to implement their psychological skills training

Athletes are encouraged to use specific psychological skill prior to executing a particular sport performance

Holding meetings with athletes on individual basis to assist with the implementation of their psychological skills training

PHASE 4- Meetings with athletes on a group basis to provide psychological skills training

PST could be broken into session that focusing on:- - attention and concentration - anxiety control - goal setting - stress and stress management - the used of imagery - the used of positive self-talk

PST can be conducted twice a week and for approximately one hour per session

PHASE 3- Meetings with athletes to review their PST test score

Athlete get their test scores, explanation of their implication in term of whether their psychological skill are adequate or inadequate

The test result is needed to be maintain to conduct the interviews with which each individual athlete

Meeting that involve everyone to review the test score and their implication of their each athletes

PHASE 2- Psychological skills testing on athletes

The questionnaires used to measure the anxiety control , mental imagery, intentional focus and control, self–confidence, and ability to handle problems and find solution

The athletes instructed to complete a series of dynastic questionnaires

Examines that the mental strengths and weaknesses of each athlete

PHASE 1- Initial meetings between sport psychology and coaches

The result of the discussion will be provide sufficient information to be used as the basis of developinga psychological training for athlete

Coaches give the opportunity to provide their perception of the effectiveness of the psychological skill training

Sport Psychologists should explain the advantages and disadvantages of the psychological skill training