`Preparing Athletes for Competition`

Running head : PREPARING ATHLETES FOR COMPETITION

Preparing Athletes for Competition

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Introduction

Preparing sportspersons for competition is a job with several subsets that range from physical to mental plane , where an intrinsic association between them makes the job of sports psychologists much more than it meets the eye . Apart from that , the specific needs of the specific disciplines commands thorough knowledge of that discipline . For example the field of athletics involves thorough knowledge about developing specific muscles of the body parts according to the nature of its subsets that

vary from one another - like the difference of needs between a sprinter and marathoner . Accordingly , all other factors involved , like metabolism and nutrition , strength training or psychological conditionings vary to a great degree and make the entire process more complex . Therefore this looks at specific ways through which the coaches can use sports psychology to prepare their subjects to achieve the desired outcome , i .e , game day success

Background : Breaking Down the Jobs at Hand

Considering that the athletes are under proper supervision in the section like food intake , which provides them the required nutrition and strength in their muscles with emphasis on the special ones related to their discipline of athletics , the coaches can start working with the elements of sports psychology , where they need to underpin the major sections of their jobs at hand , before creating the subsets . The entire process can be placed like below , which later can be customized according to the specific needs of the...