This is a brief intro to Sport Psychology from my personal perspective, experience, and brief research.

1. SPORT PSYCHOLOGY With JdizyC

2. IS IT EVEN A FIELD OF
PSYCHOLOGY?
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3. THE MIND AND BODY ARE
ENTWINED IN PERCEPTION, ACTION
AND REACTION.
An athlete must maintain INTERNAL
REGULATION for motivation, focus, and social
pressures.
The EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT includes
immediate distractions, spatial reasoning,
anticipation and response.

4. WHY SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
MATTERS
Performance Optimization
Increase training effectivity
Cope with distractions
Manage performance anxiety
Relaxation technique

5. THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS
The NATURE of sport psychology
PERORMANCE EXCELLENCE
COMPETITION
GENDER

6. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY? Photo Credit:: Daniel
Caulfield

7. AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
PERFORMANCE
Sport Psychology helps the athlete PREPARE
PSYCHOLOGICALLY and MAXIMIZE TRAINING
and performance in sport.

8. THEORY AND PRACTICE
INCREASE practices that improve
performance and DECREASE the
negative effects of stress

9. WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT THE
PSYCHOLOGY
OF COMPETITION?
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Schumacher/azcentral
sports

10. PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
Competitions can increase stress
and reduce the level of performance.

11. STRESS MANAGEMENT
Competitors can learn to use FIGHT
or FLIGHT reactions to their
advantage.

12. MOTIVATION
Personal goals keep rewarding the
athlete with INTINSIC MOTIVATION.

13. HOW CAN PSYCHOLOGY
HELP COACHES AND
ATHLETES
IMPROVE PERFORMANCE?
Photo Credit: Daniel
Caulfield

14. COMMON METHODS
Increase CONFIDENCE and MOTIVATION to
train,
MANAGE STRESS with relaxation techniques
and imagery,
Develop a GROWTH MINDSET and growth
based goal setting

15. ATTENTION AND EMOTION
These biological factors positively affect
learning and skill development
ACUTE ATTENTION stimulates brain activity
which promotes the formation of stronger
connections
Motivation is an EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
that offers a critical drive toward performance
improvement.

16. AMBITIOUS LEARNING
FUN and APPROPRIATELY CHALLENGING
activities motivate the athlete to keep
training and pushing past current
limits.

17. HOW
DOES GENDER AFFECT
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
SPORT?
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http://www.graciemag.co
m/2013/03/on-march-
8th-graciemag-honors-
some-phenomenal-
women/

18. GENDER STEREOTYPES
Women in sport face a double bind between
being ATHLETIC and FEMININE
Most females devaluate personal
achievement
Males are more inclined to relish in personal
victories

19. OBJECTIFICATION
Media displays women as objects
Female athletes represent healthy feminine
attributes

20. PAY INEQUALITY
Inequality is a DISINCENTIVE for women
Women face gender specific challenges
that eliminate the majority on the way to
the top

21. WHAT CAN WE DO?
Support male and female participants with
INTEGRATED TRAINING and INCLUSIVE TEAM
SPORT
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY benefits everyone

22. Sport Psychology
Resources
Following is a complete list of
resources used in the creation of this
presentation. Please click the link to
view my Evernote Notebook for the
PSY501final project.