PEM 8
Module 1
INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY DEFINE…
 The study of a person’s behavior in sport.
 It is also a specialization within brain and physical
that seeks to understand psychological or mental
factors that affect performance in sports, physical
activity, and exercise.
 Apply to enhance individual and team performance
2 MAIN OBJECTIVES:
 To understand how psychological factors affects in
individual’s performance.
 To understand how participation in sport and
exercise affects one’s psychological development,
health, and well-being.
BRIEF HISTORY…
 It is not a new field – it has been an area of scientific
study for approximately 100 years
 Its roots are in physical education and coaching
 Sport Psychology Prior to 1950
1898 FIRST EXPERIMENT ( NORMAN TRIPLETT )
 Paced bicycle races result in faster times than single
efforts
 social facilitation : the presence of audience and/or
coaches enhances arousal
 1898 First Sport Psychology Study
 1925 First Laboratory
 Coleman Griffith at University of Illinois at University
 Research on psychomotor skills, performance, and
personality and personality
NAME
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY AFTER 1950
 1967 First Annual Meeting of North American Soc.
for the Psych. of Sport and Physical Activity
( NASPSPA )
 Bruce Ogilvie-father of Applied Sport Psychology
 Problem Athletes and How to Handle Them
 begins to consult with teams
 Mid-1960s Sport Psychologists split from motor
learning
 1985 USOC take first full-time sport psychologist
 1986 First applied journal: The Sport Psychologist
WHY WOULD PEOPLE NEED THE SERVICES OF AN
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSIONAL?
 To improve or optimize performance to help make
performance more effective
 To help overcome obstacles that prevent the
reaching of potential
 To assist with adopting or maintaining an exercise
program
 To facilitate efficient/healthy functioning of sport or
other teams (team building, conflict)
COMMON PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT ISSUES
 Perform more consistently up to potential
 Set useful training & competition goals
 Prepare mentally and develop routines to better
control thoughts & emotions
 Manage energy (psyching up and down)
 Increase/maintain confidence
 Handle training & competition stress
 Focus, attention, concentration, distraction
 Increase/maintain motivation
 Facilitate team cohesion/communication
MAJOR SPLITS IN RECENT YEARS WITHIN THE
FIELD
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  Performance Enhancement / Intervention
 Social Psychology Emphasis
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 Health and Exercise
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1. Performance Enhancement / Intervention:

 Focus on performance improvements in any PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION

achievement setting
 Be concerned with effects of interventions on well-
being

Examples:
 Stress management training with athletes
 Training effectiveness
 Flow experiences in sport

2. Social Psychology Emphasis

 Uses theory / research to focus on group processes in

sport & exercise settings

 Social factors are examined as they relate to athletes,

coach, team, and spectators

Examples:

 Achievement motivation

 Moral development through sport

 Peer relationships in physical activity and sport

 Youth sports

 Social Anxiety in Sport and Exercise Settings

3. Health and Exercise

Focuses on role of psych. Factors in exercise; as they pertain

to resistance to disease development & remediation, coping
with stress, and health promotion

Primary interest is link between mental and physical health.

Examples:

 emotion focused coping and health

 Hardiness and disease risk

 Exercise and Psychoneuroimmunology

 Psychological benefits of exercise

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