Transcript Sport Psychology - St. Joseph's, Newry BTEC Sport Website

Sport Psychology
Btec Sport
Psychology Module
• Learning outcomes of this Module:
1. Know the effect of personality, concentration and motivation on
sports performance
2. Know the relationship between stress, anxiety, arousal and sports
performance
Quick task:
what do you think
psychology is about?
when you hear the word
psychology, what
thoughts pop up in your
head?
1. Personality
4. Arousal &
Anxiety
Four Psychological Factors
3.
Concentraion
2. Motivation
1. Personality
•
What do you define as personality? Give me some examples....
•
Personality...
1. The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s
distinctive character. (Oxford dictionary)
We are now going to look at Introvert and Extrovert personalities
Does anyone know what
Introvert and Extrovert
personalities are???
Are interested
in their own
thoughts and
feelings
Need to have
own territory
Do not like the
unexpected
INTROVERTS
Like
concentration
and quiet
Often appear
reserved, quiet
and thoughtful
Have difficulties
in making new
contacts
Quiet
feel
humiliated
if they
make a
mistake
Dislike
social
situations
Introvert Traits
like there
own space
and own
company
Do not
share
feelings
easily
Become
irritated if
surrounded by
people for long
periods of time
Good
Concentration
Task
How many Introvert sports men/women can you think of.....
For Example......
Paul Scholes
Compare their
own opinions with
the opinions of
others
Easily
break
unwanted
relations
Open
and often
talkative
Extroverts
Interested in
new people
Easily make
new friends or
adapt to a new
group
Like action
and
initiative
Say what
they think
Task
How many Extrovert
sports men/women can
you think of???
For example...
Dennis Rodman
HOMEWORK
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2. Motivation
What do you define as motivation? Give me some examples....
Motivation.....is the external stimulus and internal mechanisms which arouse
and direct our behaviour
" A Drive To Fulfil A Need" (Gill 1986)
We are now going to look at Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Does anyone know what
Intrinsic and extrinsic
motivation is???
Makes you feel
good
comes from the
heart
Recognition
Intrinsic
Want to
achieve/prove a
point
Cooperation
Challenge
gain
knowledge/fitness
Money
Rewards
Extrinsic
Qualifications
Trophies
Task
With a partner write down as many Sports
men/women who are intrinsically and
extrinsically motivated
Achievement motivation
Sports performers need a balance between intrinsic & extrinsic motivation.
Too many extrinsic rewards (money, trophies, etc) can reduce a performer’s own
intrinsic motivation (drive, passion ,etc)
Motivation types!
NACH?
ANY ONE KNOW
WHAT THESE ARE?
NAF?
Need To
Achieve
NACH?
Strive to
be the
best
Will not stop
until they have
achieved what
they want.
Complete
tasks/goals
properly
Seek
independence
Take the
challenging
route in
what they
do.
Find it
rewarding to be
challenged
Need To
Achieve
Sporting
Example
•Strived to become the best player in the
world.
•Trained alone after team training to
improve his own ability.
Cristiano Ronaldo
NACH
•Was motivated to improve his football
ability.
•Achieved his goal of becoming the worlds
best player in 2008.
TASK
List as many sports
men/women who you
think have a NACH
Motivation type.....
WHY?
Need To
Avoid
Failure
NAF?
Not the
best at
what they
do
Take
Everything
Easy
Easy
Route
Avoid
Responsibility
Relaxed
Do Not
Like Being
Assessed
Need To
Avoid
Failure
Sporting
Example.
• Happy to sit on the Bench at Chelsea FC
and now Tottenham Hotspurs FC
• Always knows he will be the second choice
Goalkeeper but is happy with that.
• Has a laid back approach
• Is happy to take the easy route
• Knows he isn’t the best in Goal
Carlo Cudicini
NAF
3. Concentration
•
What do you define as concentration? Give me some examples....
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Concentration...is the ability of a sports performer to process information
and maintain focus
•
To process information, a sports performer has to make sense of the
information they are presented with and decide on the course of action to
take. If the performer becomes overloaded with information it can negatively
affect their performance