MENTAL PERFORMANCE

1. MENTAL PERFORMANCE DONOVAN MARTIN,M.A.,N.C.C.,L.M.H.C. SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

2. INTRODUCTION: • INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: BACHELOR of SCIENCE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY • ILLINOIS SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY – CHICAGO ILLINOIS: MASTER OF ARTS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define Sports PsychologyProcess – Assessment, Individual, Family, ExperientialIdentify Specific Mental & Emotional aspects in sportmindfulness – understanding, Neuroscience, MethodsAnxiety - awareness and regulation Case Studies

4. DEFINITION: • Applied sport and exercise psychology involves extending theory and research into the field to educate coaches, athletes, and parents, exercisers, fitness professionals, and athletic trainers about the psychological aspects of their sport or activity. SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

5. CLINCAL FOCUS • NFL Combine Prep • Crisis Stabilization • Individual, Family, & Group Mental Performance • Team / Coach Consult

6. PROCESS • ASSESSMENT: INTELLIGENCE, NEUORPSYCH, EMOTIONAL RATING SCALES, HISTORICAL QUESTIONIARE, PERSONALITY, STRUCTURED INTERVIEW • INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS: OBSERVE, PSYCHO-EDUCATION, REFRAME FOCUS – METHOD – OBJECTIVE • FAMILY MEETINGS: SYSTEMIC FOCUS TO PROMOTE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL GROWTH • EXPERIENTIAL: APPLICATION / UNDERSTANDING THROUGH EXPERIENCE ASSESSMENT INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS FAMILY MEETINGS EXPERIENTIAL

7. MENTAL & EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF SPORT: • THE ABILITY TO COPE WITH AND CONTROL ANXEITY • CONFIDENCE • MENTAL TOUGHNESS • SPORT INTELLIGENCE • ABILITY TO FOCUS AND BLOCK OUT DISTRACTION • ABILITY TO SET AND ACHIEVE GOALS • COACH-ABILITY • WORK ETHIC • COMPETITIVENESS • HIGH LEVELS OF DISPOSITIONAL HOPE • OPTIMISIM • ADAPTIVE PERFECTIONISM PRIMARY FACTORS AFFECTING PEAK PERFORMANCE IN OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS GENETICS, TRAINING, AND PSYCHOLOGY FACTORS.

8. ASSESSMENT: DATA GATHERING • Intelligence: Kaufman brief intelligence test 2 / Wechsler scales • Wonderlic Test – combine prep • Continuous Performance Task: delay, focus, distractibility • Beck Depression and Anxiety inventory • Social Psychological Questionnaire • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2) • Structured Interview

9. Case Study: Crisis • WHO: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE IN CRISIS. • WHAT: OBJECTIVE / FORENSIC ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION. • WHY: TO FIND NECESSARY HELP TO STABLIZE CRISIS AND PROMOTE GROWTH • HOW: CLINICAL REPORT & CONSULT

10. ANXIETY: MENTAL PERFORMANCE APPROACH NFL COMBINE PREPERATIONINDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP APPROACH

11. ADULT ANXIETY BETTER FUNCTIONING IN STRUCUTRED SETTINGS SUCH AS WORK, EDUCATION, OR SPORT. ABSTRACT NON-LOGIC BASED AREAS OF LIFE MORE CHALLENGING. NCAA RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT 85% OF CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS BELIEVE ANXIETY DISRODERS ARE CURRENTLY AN ISSUE WITH STUDENT ATHLETES ON THEIR CAMPUS. FEELING APPREHENSIVE, POWERLESS, SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM, INCREASED HEART RATE, BREATHING RAPID / SHORTNESS OF BREATH, SWEATING, TREMBLING, FEELING WEEK. POOR COPING LEADS TO DEPRESSION FUNCTIONING SIMILAR AMONG DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS OF ANXIETY

12. CHILD / ADOLESCENTANXIETY INITIAL EXPRESSION BETWEEN 8 AND 11 STRUGGLES IN TANSITIONS BETWEEN 8-9 GRADE STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL COMPLEXITY 16 STRUGGLE WITH TRANSITION TO COLLLEGE / LIFE

13. COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF ANXIETY ANXIETY IS A MOOD STATE “SMART AND SENSITIVE” AS EMOTION INTENSIFIES COGNTIVE PROCESS SPEEDS UP AND FRAGMENTS EXTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL CONSTANT SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM DISTORTION TO JUSTIFY / ALWAYS RIGHT INSECURE SENSE OF SELF FLIGHT OVER FIGHT NEED SANCTUARY

14. ANXIETY SCALE ANXIETY IS OFTEN GENETIC AND THEREFORE A CONSTANT STATE OF BEING INDIVIDUALS LOSE INTERNAL AWARENESS CREATE A TOLERANCE BELOW TOLERANCE IS NOW “NORMAL” “UNAWARE” RELY ON EXTERNAL CONTROL AND AVOID TO KEEP EMOTIONS BELOW TOLERANCE LEVEL FOCUS ON EXPRESSION RATHER THAN ACTUAL EMOTION

15. WHAT TO DO: Anxiety Mental Performance MINDFULNESS, UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD, INTERNAL AWARENESS, INTERNAL REGULATION, ACCOMPLISH NOT RELIEF BELIEF, APPLY IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE

16. MINDFULNESS: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ABILITY TO BE IN THE PRESENT “NOW” WITH UNDISTORED AWARENESS OF THE INTEGRATION OF SENSE, THOUGHTS, AND FEELINGS AS WELL AS AN AWARENESS OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SELF AND EXTERNAL WORLD. • PRACTICE NOT STATE OF BEING • PIAGET, FORMAL OPERATIONS • INCREASE IN PREFRONTAL CORTEX FUNCTIONING

17. UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD • SUSPENDING JUDGEMENT • INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL JUDGEMENT • SOCIETY AND GROUP PREDETERMINED ROLES • AWARE OF DISTORTIONS / ACCEPT TRUTH

18. INTERNAL AWARENESS & REGULATION ABILITY TO FOCUS ON INTERNAL EMOTIONAL PROCESS, IN THE MOMENT, AS WELL AS HAVING THE ABILITY TO REGULATE EMOTION TO OPTIAML LEVEL FOR ACHIEVEMENT. ACHIEVEMENT, NOT RELIEF, INCREASES OVERALL SENSE OF SECURITY.

19. ROUTINE & IMMEDIATE COPING • ROUTINE: WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL DOES TO KEEP OVERALL ANXIETY LOW. MUST BE PERSONAL, INDIVIDUAL, AND HEALTHY. • IMMEDIATE: WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL DOES WHEN LIFE PRESENTS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE TO SEVERE FOR ROUTINE COPING

20. Experiential psychology CONTROLLED ANXIETY RESPONSE, NEUTRALIZE AVOID / CONTROL, EMPHASIS ON BEING MINDFUL AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL, INTERNAL FOCUS ON EMOTION, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, ACHIEVE VS. RELIEF, TRANSFERENCE OF KNOWLEDGE

21. Q & A DONOVAN MARTIN, MA, NCC, LMHC CEO / CLINICAL DIRECTOR DUNN ASSOCIATES, P.C. AWP MENTAL PERFORMANCE DMARTIN@AWPSPORTSTRAINING.COM 260-469-4072 AWP 260-484-5599 DUNN ASSOCIATES, P.C. 260-417-2850 CELL