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This document outlines the use of psychology and mental skills training within the coaching process. It discusses assessing athletes using performance profiles and questionnaires to identify strengths and weaknesses. Mental skills like motivation, focus, and confidence can be developed using tools like goal setting, imagery, relaxation, and self-talk. The coaching process involves educating athletes, assessing needs, creating plans, and helping athletes learn and apply mental skills to improve performance.

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CSC206 Week Four Slides

This document outlines the use of psychology and mental skills training within the coaching process. It discusses assessing athletes using performance profiles and questionnaires to identify strengths and weaknesses. Mental skills like motivation, focus, and confidence can be developed using tools like goal setting, imagery, relaxation, and self-talk. The coaching process involves educating athletes, assessing needs, creating plans, and helping athletes learn and apply mental skills to improve performance.

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Psychology within the Coaching Process II

CSC206 Week Four

Learning Outcomes
Recognise mental skills Outline the use of mental training tools Understand performance profiling and the rationale for undertaking them

Mental Skills
How much of competitive sport do you think is physical, and how much is mental? __% physical __% mental

Why?
In pairs, justify your view to each other and agree on a compromise figure In fours, justify your joint view to the other pairs and agree on a collective figure In eights, justify your collective view to the other four and agree on a final figure

Player types
Do you know practice players? Excellent in practice but cannot cope in competition

Do you know hustle players? Winners despite a relative lack of talent

Mental Skills
What mental skills do successful athlete possess that less successful athletes dont? Come up with a list of five mental skills Select the three you believe to be most important Pair up Agree on a top three between you Add any to your list that you did not have Tick those that you agree on Move on to four other people and repeat the process Which mental skills have the most ticks?

Mental Skills
Examples Perform under pressure Psych themselves up to optimum arousal Remain in control Focus on important aspects Motivation Self-belief

Mental Skills
Motivation High vs. low motivation Energy Management Physiological arousal Attentional Skills Concentration

Stress Management Mental Toughness Self-confidence Belief

Mental Skills Training


Can these skills be trained? What can MST bring to an athlete?
Improved performance Enhanced enjoyment Personal development

What do you think?


Mental Skills Training
Takes up a lot of valuable time? They are innate? Only relevant to weak people/athletes with psychological problems? More for elite athletes?

Developing MST
Phased approach to delivery Education Phase Assessment Formulation Socialisation Acquisition Phase Learn basics of the skills Implementation Phase Practice in training Learn comprehensively Apply to competition Evaluation Re-assessment

Mental Training Tools


Goal Setting Imagery Relaxation and Activation Self-Talk Stress Management Problem Management

Mental training tools can develop mental skills


Mental training tools Mental skills

Goal setting Imagery Relaxation and energization Self-talk

Motivation Energy management Attention Stress management Self -confidence

Assessment Phase
What assessment tools to we have available? Performance profiling Quantify and represent opinions of players and coaches Perceived strengths and weaknesses Questionnaires Standardised measures of specific aspects of psychological state

Performance Qualities Broad Headings


Physical Strength Endurance Flexibility Agility Speed Balance Tactical Decision Making Memory Psychological Concentration Control Motivation Confidence Mentally Tough Technical Sport Specific Skills

When Would You Profile?


Off-season? Beginning of season? Peak performance? Any time it is required?

Swimmer Profile
Physical Tactical

Strength
Power

Race position
Opponent awareness

Flexibility
Coordination

Technical
Stroke technique

Speed

Stroke rhythm
Breathing

Psychological

Confidence
Relaxed

Pace

Sharp
Cope with Pressure Goal Setting

Practice
In pairs, complete a performance profile on each other Behave as a coach! Preferably from a different sport Put their words into the slots Agree on the entries under the four headings Get them to rate themselves in comparison to a specific role model Assume that the role model is a 10 in all categories How does your player match up? Shade in the areas to produce a pattern

Questionnaires
Competitive State Anxiety Inventory 2 (CSAI-2) Provides a measure of Existing states of cognitive anxiety Somatic anxiety Self-confidence

Complete a copy and score it up

CSAI-2 Norms: College Sample


College CSAI -cog CSAI - som CSAI - sc

Male

17.68

17.68

25.37

Female

18.40

16.85

24.67

Questionnaires
Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS) Direct test of utilised mental tools Contrasts practice with competition Can inform intervention choice Complete a copy and score it up

Progressing Assessment
Education Phase Assessment Formulation Socialisation

Formulation
Collate information form assessment Analyse the findings Identify potential target areas Strengths and weaknesses Assessment profile Player and coach opinion

Socialisation
Share the formulation with
Player? Coach? Team? Parents? Check understanding Check commitment Formulation must have face validity Or what?

Next Week
Acquisition Phase
Goal Setting Imagery

References
Butler, R. (2005). Performance Profiling. Leeds: Coachwise, Sports Coach UK Burton, D. And Raedeke, T., D. (2008). Sport Psychology for Coaches. USA: Human Kinetics.

Martens, R. (1987). Coaches Guide to Sport Psychology. Champaign IL: Human Kinetics. Martens, R., Vealey, S.V, and Burton, D. (1990). Competitive Anxiety in Sport. Champaign IL: Human Kinetics.

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