Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport
(Development, Coaching and Fitness)
Unit 17: Psychology for Sports Performance
Assessment 1: Personality and Motivation
Learning Outcomes: L.0 1
Criteria: P1, P2, M1, D1
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Task 1:
Essay on personality and motivation and their
affect on performance (P1, P2, M1, D1)
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Monday 10th September 2012
Thursday 27th September 2012
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Unit 17 – Psychology for Sports Performance
Jennifer Maysmor-Gee
UNIT 17: Psychology for Sports Performance
(Vocational Context)
When competing in sport the difference between winning and losing can be
miniscule. Sven-Goran Eriksson has suggested that "In the end, it's that
psychological difference that decides whether you win or lose,"
In professional football many teams employ the services of a Sports Psychologist.
These individuals offer expert guidance to managers and players in relation to
maximising their performance and also the team’s performance.
Football managers are leaving “no stone unturned” to gain that extra edge to help
them achieve success. As a result, the application of psychology in football is
becoming increasingly prevalent.
Scenario – The first team squad at your club are having a mixed season, with a lot of
unpredictable performances. The manager is not happy with how his team are
performing and has asked for guidance from the clubs sport psychologist. The
psychologist feels that it would be a useful experience to involve you as you are studying
Sports Psychology. He has asked you to produce a report which focuses on a number of
psychological factors that could be affecting the performance of the first team squad.
When completed, the report will be used within a squad meeting to highlight factors which
may be affecting performance.
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To: Scholar@footballclub.co.uk
From: sportspsychologist@footballclub.co.uk
Subject: Team meeting: Sports Psychology
Following on from our conversation, your report needs to focus on how psychological
factors can affect a player’s performance. You need to produce a summary of how
personality and motivation can affect a player’s performance. To develop the squads’
understanding further, you should include examples of sport individuals, whose
performance has been affected by their personality or motivation.
Included in your report should be a summary of the causes and symptoms of
aggressive behaviour. Please ensure you include sporting examples of where
aggression has had either a positive or negative effect upon performance.
The manager has called the meeting for next week, before the derby at the weekend,
so I need this completing ASAP.
Below is the e-mail which the sports psychologist has sent to you regarding
content and requirements of the report
Assessment Guidance:
Unit 17 – Psychology for Sports Performance
Assessment and Grading Criteria
P1
Define personality and how it affects sports performance
P2
Describe motivation and how it affects sports performance
M1
Explain the effects of personality and motivation on sports performance
D1
Evaluate the effects of personality and motivation on sports performance
You should breakdown your presentation into two parts;
Task one:
Write a 1500 word essay:(A) You must ensure in your essay that you define personality (P1) as well as explain (M1)
and evaluate (D1) the effect of personality on sports performance. You should use
examples of players whose performance have been affected by their personality and
motivation and then consider how this affected their team and also themselves and their
career.
(B) You must ensure in your essay that you describe motivation (P2) as well as explain
(M1) and evaluate (D1) the effects of motivation on sports performance. You should use
examples of players whose performance has been affected by their motivation and then
consider how this affected their team and also themselves and their career.
.
Assessment Support
Assessment and Grading Criteria Descriptions
When you see describe you should try and paint a picture in words to the reader. It is useful
to always think that the reader of your script knows nothing and therefore you have to teach
the reader the knowledge that you have through your assignment.
When you are asked to explain you should describe the point and then give details and
reason of why. For example, if you are describing sporting injuries to explain the injury you
would provide an example from the world of sport of an athlete who has had the injury and
explain the causes of this injury to the player, you may also explain the treatment to the
player.
When you are asked to analyse you must gather as much evidence as possible and make a
judgment from your own ideas. For example if you think Steven Gerrard is the best footballer
in the world then you must provide evidence to back this up. You may therefore use
statistical data to show his goal scoring and assists averages. You may also use data
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Key words to use in assignment
Know the effect of personality and motivation on sports performance
Personality: definition; theories (Marten’s schematic view, psychodynamic theory,
trait theory, situational approach, interactional approach); types (type A and type B);
effects on sports performance (athletes versus non athletes, individual versus team
sports, elite versus non-elite athletes, type A versus type B)
Motivation: definition; views (trait centred, situation centred, interactional view);
types (intrinsic and extrinsic); theories eg achievement motivation, attribution theory;
effects on sports performance (positive, negative, future expectations of success and
failure); developing a motivational climate
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Assignment 1: Personality and
Motivation
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Task 1: Personality and motivation
and their affect on performance
(P1) Describe personality and its
effects on sports performance
(P2) Describe motivation and the
factors which affect the motivation
of athletes
(M1) Explain the effects of
personality and motivation on sports
performance
(D1) Evaluate the effects of
personality and motivation on sports
performance
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