Sports Psychologies affects on performance

INTRODUCTION

Sport psychology as the names suggests is linked to sport . More specifically it involves preparing the mind of an sportsman /sportswoman so he /she can face the day fully prepared . Sport psychology is an is taken very seriously by psychologists and likewise athletics . Many well known starts such as David Beckham , Tiger woods , etc appreciate that successful and effecticeve performances in their respective games doesn 't simply boil down to superior physical performance

They appreciate that good performance is a combination of mental strengh and psychological strength . Good preparation involves

goal setting , motivation , imagery and visualisation , etc

It is important for Sports psychologists to have a background from which they can analyse their athletes , and so they will be constantly researching personality to see differences in other situations which they can apply to their athletes , all the extra knowledge they have on the subject is helpful to them , and also to keep updating on new scenarios which have taken place with other sports psychologists . Sports psychologists need to have up-to-date knowledge of personality , as each athlete is different and may require information that you don 't have to solve the problem

Attention control and concentration

This point is all about the sports performer learning how to have control and concentration during a sporting activity by being able to watch and learn from their coach and then being able to re-enact the way to in which the coach would react to a certain situation during their game playing

The coach will play a big part in how their athlete or sports performer will learn the correct ways to react in certain situations . The reason being for this are that the learner (being the sports performer ) will always look to their coach for help and advice as they know that the coach has been there and done it before , so in turn wants to listen and learn to become a better performer

The coach is seen as the person who can help the sports performer to improve , as they know how the correct way to go about it should be performed . The first step that the coach needs to apply is discipline Without this the coach has no control over his performer and knows that the performer will not want to listen so will then be unable to learn The way to earn this attention from his performer he needs to have respect as a coach by proving his ability within other athletes and to be harsh but fair with his up and coming performers

During the performance the athlete will use what the coach has said to him and by being able to control his thoughts and what he should do in certain situations and being able to concentrate on what he is doing he will come out during the activity with results

Imagery and visualisation

This needs to be used by every sports performer . If you are unable to imagine yourself or be able to visualise yourself either performing...