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Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology

Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Putting the Course in Context Sport as a microcosm of Life: sport reflects life meaning of sport.

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Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology

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  1. Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology

  2. Putting the Course in Context • Sport as a microcosm of Life: • sport reflects life • meaning of sport

  3. “Sport is an important extension of humanity, and the best of athletic competition is in the ideal of competing for the joy of it . . . To see something clean and noble in it . . . To appreciate your personal accomplishments in proper perspective” Brutus Hamilton, Olympic track coach of the 50’s --

  4. “Baseball was a way to make myself a better person” --Sadaharu Oh --

  5. Sport and Exercise Psychology The scientific study of people and their behaviors in sport and exercise activities and the practical applications of that knowledge.

  6. Science of Sport and Exercise Psychology Science A process, or method, of learning about the world through the systematic, controlled, empirical,and critical filteringof knowledge acquired through experience.

  7. Describe Explain Predict Control Goals of Science • ROLE OF • THEORY

  8. Example: Social facilitation theory Scientific Study Theory A set of interrelated facts presenting a systematic view of some phenomenon in order to describe, explain, and predict its future occurrences.

  9. Understanding Professional Practice Knowledge Professional practice knowledgeis what we learn through experience, using many methods of knowing.

  10. Methods of Knowing Scientific method Systematic observation Single case study Personal and shared experience Introspection

  11. Sport and Exercise Psychology as an Art and Science The science of coaching, teaching, or leadership focuses on using general scientific principles. The art of coaching, teaching, or leadership is knowing when and how to individualize these general principles.

  12. Two Objectives of Sport and Exercise Psychology 1. Understand the effects of psychological factors on physical and motor performance. 2. Understand the effects of participating in physical activity on psychological development, health, and well-being.

  13. Objective 1 Typical questions studied in sport and exercise psychology: Psychology affects performance How does anxiety affect a basketball player’s accuracy in free-throw shooting? Does lacking self-confidence influence a child’s ability to learn to swim? How does a coach’s reinforcement and punishment influence a team’s cohesion? Does imagery training facilitate the recovery process in injured athletes and exercisers?

  14. Objective 2 Typical questions about how physical activity affects our psychological life: Does running reduce anxiety and depression? Do young athletes learn to be overly aggressive from participating in youth sports? Does participation in daily physical education classes improve a child’s self-esteem? Does participation in college athletics enhance personality development?

  15. Sport and exercise psychology applies to a broad population base: Seniors The physically and mentally challenged Children Exercisers Elite athletes Coaches, teachers, and fitness leaders Average athletes

  16. What Sport and Exercise Psychology Specialists Do Three roles

  17. Research Advance knowledge and share it through professional meetings and journal articles.

  18. Teaching Teach university courses either in psychology or exercise and sport science.

  19. Consulting Work with athletes of all ages and abilities; work in the fitness industry and in sportsmedicine/physical therapy.

  20. Sport Psychology SpecialtiesClinical Sport Psychologists Licensed psychologists Trained to work with individuals with severe emotional disorders Trained to help athletes with issues like eating disorders and substance abuse Performance & team Enhancement Issues

  21. Educational Sport Psychology Specialists Use mental coach approach —understand psychology of human movement & performance. Have training in physical education, kinesiology, or exercise and sport science. Educate and increase athlete and coach awareness of issues such as anxiety management and confidence development.

  22. Relationship of Sport Science and Psychology Sport and Exercise Psychology

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