Does It Work? 📊✅
- From ~45 studies: 85% found positive results! 🎉
- Increases: Confidence 💪, Focus 🎯, Effort 📈, Performance 🏆
Methods vs. Skills 🛠️🆚🧠
Psychological Methods (Tools) 🛠️
- Goal setting 🎯
- Imagery 🖼️
- Progressive relaxation 🧘
- Meditation 🕉️
- Self-talk 💬
- Hypnosis 🌀
Psychological Skills (Results) 🧠
- Intrinsic motivation ❤️
- Self-confidence 💪
- Attentional control 👁️
- Arousal control ⚡
- Anxiety control 😌
- Self-awareness 🔍
Three Measurement Tools 📏📋
1. PSIS-5 (Psychological Skills Inventory for Sports)
- Measures: Anxiety control, Concentration, Confidence, Mental prep, Motivation, Team focus
2. ACSI-28 (Athletic Coping Skills Inventory)
- Measures: Coping, Peaking under pressure, Goals, Concentration, Confidence, Coachability
3. TOPS (Test of Performance Strategies)
- Measures: Self-talk, Emotional control, Automaticity, Goals, Imagery, Activation, Relaxation
7-Phase Training Program 📋1️⃣➡️7️⃣
- Phase 1 👤: Who is the client? (team, coach, or athlete?)
- Phase 2 🤝: First meeting (critical first impression!)
- Phase 3 📚: Sport psychologist learns about the sport
- Phase 4 🔍: Needs assessment (interview, observation, tests)
- Phase 5 📝: Create master plan of methods to teach
- Phase 6 🎓: Teaching & learning (goals, relaxation, imagery, etc.)
- Phase 7 📊: Ongoing evaluation + End-of-session review
Key Takeaways 🔑
- Psychological training WORKS (85% success)! ✅
- Methods are TOOLS → Skills are RESULTS! 🛠️→🧠
- Follow systematic 7-phase program! 📋
- Assessment before training is essential! 🔍