Sports Psychology
Jacqulyn Bishop
Mr. Schleeter
English 10A
14 May 2012
Sports Psychology My purpose is to tell you about sports psychology. You may not know a lot about but that is why I am writing this paper. My topic is about sports psychology. Sport psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of kinesiology and psychology. In other words it’s the physical body and the mind. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance. Some of these psychological factors include: anxiety, peer pressure, parents, motivation, self-confidence, personality, opposition, coach, and ability. It also involves how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and physical factors. Also the instruction and training for performance improvement. It is also the study and application of the attitude of athletes and their team mates that impact (either positive or negative) performance in sports and/or competitive setting. I know sport psychology has a lot to do with the players, parents, and coaches. Such as the parents can be way too harsh on the kids to do well or they might yell at them during or after the game. Telling them that they didn’t play good enough, you need to learn to do certain things, or that they did well which insures them that they did good and they didn’t let their parents down. I also know that the goal sports psychology is to help athletes and teams identify unhealthy attitudes and beliefs. Then apply mental toughness skills and peak performance strategies to perform at optimal levels.
WHAT I LEARNED Coleman Griffith (1893-1966) was the 1st psychologist ever. In 1925 he studied for sports psychology. He wrote and published two books. The first book was Psychology of Coaching in 1926 and the second one was in 1928 called Psychology of athletes. Griffith was a sports psychologist for the Notre Dame football in 1924 and the Chicago Cubs in 1937.
What is Mental Training? (Mental training is
Mr. Schleeter
English 10A
14 May 2012
Sports Psychology My purpose is to tell you about sports psychology. You may not know a lot about but that is why I am writing this paper. My topic is about sports psychology. Sport psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of kinesiology and psychology. In other words it’s the physical body and the mind. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance. Some of these psychological factors include: anxiety, peer pressure, parents, motivation, self-confidence, personality, opposition, coach, and ability. It also involves how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and physical factors. Also the instruction and training for performance improvement. It is also the study and application of the attitude of athletes and their team mates that impact (either positive or negative) performance in sports and/or competitive setting. I know sport psychology has a lot to do with the players, parents, and coaches. Such as the parents can be way too harsh on the kids to do well or they might yell at them during or after the game. Telling them that they didn’t play good enough, you need to learn to do certain things, or that they did well which insures them that they did good and they didn’t let their parents down. I also know that the goal sports psychology is to help athletes and teams identify unhealthy attitudes and beliefs. Then apply mental toughness skills and peak performance strategies to perform at optimal levels.
WHAT I LEARNED Coleman Griffith (1893-1966) was the 1st psychologist ever. In 1925 he studied for sports psychology. He wrote and published two books. The first book was Psychology of Coaching in 1926 and the second one was in 1928 called Psychology of athletes. Griffith was a sports psychologist for the Notre Dame football in 1924 and the Chicago Cubs in 1937.
What is Mental Training? (Mental training is
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