Unit 3 - Sports Psychology
LA.C
Link to research on sports psychology programmes - https://mylesnesbeth.weebly.com/
Chosen sports performer
Name:
Age:
Sport:
Team:
C.P6 Explain the current psychological skills of a selected sports performer
Psychological demands of playing football
Motivation Anxiety Concentration Confidence Aggression control -
ACSI test - https://studylib.net/doc/8605123/athletic-coping-skills-inventory-with-scoring-system
Psychological skills assessment
INSERT SKILLS ASSESSMENT PHOTOS OF YOUR PARTNER HERE
Clients strengths within their current psychological skills
Clients weaknesses within their current psychological skills
Reason for these weaknesses within the client's psychological skills
C.P7 Plan a psychological skills training programme to enhance performance for a
selected sports performer.
Current situation of client
Aim(s) of the programme
Aim 1 - I aim to improve the freedom from worry of my participant by using various imagery
techniques so that their score improves over a 4 week period.
Aim 2 - I aim to improve the confidence of my participant by using different self-talk
techniques so that their score improves over a 4 week period
Action plan for programme
This is what you expect to gain from doing this programme and what you think your client will
experience/gain from this programme
Four-week psychological skills training programme relating to the outcomes of the assessment.
Within your programme make sure you have used all 4 of the below:
● Motivation (goal-setting and performance profiling)
● Arousal control (progressive muscular relaxation, mind to muscle relaxation, autogenic
techniques, breathing control, psyching up techniques)
● Imagery (mental rehearsal, controlling emotions, concentration, relaxation, pre-performance
routines)
● Confidence building (self-talk, positive thinking, changing self-image through imagery)
Week 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wedne
sday
Psycholo
gical
element
Imagery
Motivati
on Goal
Setting
What to
do
Mental rehearsal
of taking penalties.
Spend 5 minutes
rehearsing 5
different penalties
in your mind. The
collecting the ball,
placing on the
spot, part of the
foot used and the
striking of the
ball… then the
celebration
Set
yourself
a target
to score
⅗
penaltie
s after
training
Week 2
Thursda
y
Fri
da
y
Saturday
Sunday
Arousal
Control
Confiden
ce
Building
Monday
Tuesday
Wednes
day
Psycholo
gical
element
Imagery
Goal
Setting
What to
do
Mental rehearsal
of taking penalties.
Spend 10 minutes
rehearsing 5
different penalties
in your mind
(score each one
twice). The
collecting the ball,
placing on the
spot, part of the
foot used and the
striking of the
ball… then the
celebration
Set
yourself
a target
to score
⅘
penaltie
s after
training
Thursda
y
Fr Saturday
id
ay
Sunday
Week 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesd
ay
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesd
ay
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Psycholo
gical
element
What to
do
Week 4
Psycholo
gical
element
What to
do
In my programme I have used
Motivation - Say why you used this form of psychological skills training
Arousal control - Say why you used this form of psychological skills training
Imagery - Say why you used this form of psychological skills training
Confidence building tasks - Say why you used this form of psychological skills training
C.M4 Assess the design of the psychological skills training programme for a selected
sports performer, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.
Assessment of four-week psychological skills training programme: Overall I think that my plan
is……
I think this because…….
Strengths of my four-week psychological skills training programme
Weaknesses within my four-week psychological skills training programme
Areas that I would improve for next time I plan a four-week psychological skills training
programme
C.D3 Justify the design of the psychological skills training programme for a selected
sports performer, making suggestions for improvement.
Reason why I chose this design for the four-week psychological skills training programme…
Why I chose this amount of working/rest days? The reasons for rest days? The importance of
rest days? Why you have chosen these rest days on these days?
Why I chose to do these skills training exercises
SPECIFIC EXAMPLE - Reason why you chose to do a certain skills training exercise
Areas you would keep the same next time you plan a four-week psychological skills training
programme
Areas you would change next time you four-week psychological skills training programme
Reasons why you would change these things
Overall I think that this training programme will be a success because…