Study Plan for sports psychology / masters level
The university of Jordan
College of Physical Education
Management and Coaching department
The academic year/ second semester 2013
Course Title
Course No.
Credit Hours
Sports Psychology
1101704 Lecture name
Dr.Aman Khasawenh
3
Course Description:
This course covers the following subjects: motivation in the field of sports which
effect of the emotional statue on athletic performance, aggressive behavior in sport its
motives, reasons and levels. Factors affecting the personality traits of the athletes and
players their effect on athletic excellence, athletic trends, strategies related to
psychological preparation of high level athletes and competitors, studying and
analyzing cases and problems of international and Olympic athletes .
Course objectives:
1. Introduce students to sport psychology, its dimensions, missions, and methods
of measurement.
2. Introduce students to personality, its concept, and components.
3. Introduce students to motivation in physical activities, its types and relation to
success and failure experience.
4. Introduce students to characteristics of emotions in sport activities and its
relationship with anxiety, violence, discriminations, and riot.
5. Introduce students to the concept of arousal and relation to performance and
anxiety and sport.
6. Introduce students to aggression behavior.
7. Introduce students to sport preferences.
8. Introduce students to the issue of burnout and its reasons.
9. Introduce students to levels brain taxonomy and how to use it to inquire sport
skills.
10.Provide students with psychology skills related to improvements in sport
performance.
Teaching methods:
Lecture.
Presentation.
Discussion.
Assignment:
Enriched readings about the subject.
Discussion of diverse subjects
Research presentations and discussion.
Assessment:
Effectiveness of students in class.
Semester requirements:
- Presentations (15) points.
- Mid-term exam (30) points.
- Research project (15) points.
- Final exam (40) points.
The week
The First week
The Second week
The Third week
The Forth week
Introduction to sport psychology:
- The concept, types.
- Historical development.
- Contemporary issues.
Measurement in psychology domain.
Sports personality:
- The concept.
- Personality theories.
- Personality and its relation to sports
performance.
- Contemporary trends for personality.
Motivation in sports:
- The concept, importance, functions, theories.
Motivation to sports achievement:
- The concept, models and theories.
Emotional characteristics:
- Concept and characteristics.
- Physiological characteristics for emotions.
- External features for emotions.
- Emotional experiences related to physical activities.
- Benefits and disadvantages of emotions.
Anxiety:
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The Fifth week
Concept, levels, models.
Arousal – anxiety and sport performance:
The Sixth week
The Seventh week
The Eighth week
The Ninth week
The Tenth week
The Eleventh week
The Twelfth week
- Concept.
- Relationship between arousal and sport performance.
- Relationship between anxiety- arousal and sport performance.
Psychological energy:
- Concept, preparation.
- Optimal psychological energy.
- Sport performance and psychological energy.
Aggressive behavior:
- Concept.
- Theories of aggression.
- Aspects of aggression.
- Educational procedures for competition.
Psychological preparation:
- Aspects of it.
- Procedures of it.
- Psychological preparation for injured players.
Attitudes and preferences:
- Concepts, measuring its.
- Basic dimensions.
- Development of sport preferences.
Burnout:
- Concepts, aspects, reasons, treatment.
Mid – term exam (30) points
Brain tax anomy:
- Remember, forgetting, attention, concentration
Bio- rhythm:
- Concept, important, it sessions.
Psychological skills:
- Methods of relaxation.
- Psychological principles for forming programs.
- Mental visualization.
- Confidence.
- Metal, physical, and emotional preparation for competition.
Discussing of projects and reports.
The Thirteenth week
The Fourteenth week
The Fifteenth week
The sixteenth week
Evaluating of projects and reports.
Final examination.
References:
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Allawi Mohammed.(1998). Introduction to sport psychology, book publishing center, Cairo.
Rateeb, Osama (1997). Sports Psychology - concepts and applications, Dar-Alfikr Al Arabi, Cairo.
Allawi, Mohammed. (1994). Sports Psychology, Dar-Almaarif, Cairo.
Altaleb, Nizar & Lewis, Kamel. (1993). Sports Psychology, Dar Al-Hikma for printing and
publishing, Baghdad.
Amayreh, Ali & Yousef, Mekddaa. (2003). Sports Psychology, National Library, Amman.
Fawzi, Ahmed. (2006). Principles of sports psychology. Concepts and applications, Dar-Alfikr Al
Arabi, Cairo.
Rateeb, Osama. (2000). psychological Skills Training: applications in the domain of sport
psychology, Dar-Alfikr Al Arabi, Cairo.
Abdul Hafiz, Mohammad. (2002). Guidance and counseling in sport psychology, book publishing
center, Cairo.
Shimoun, Mohamed. (2001). Mental training in sport domain, Dar-Alfikr Al Arabi, Cairo.
Cox, Richard H.(2007). Sport psychology : concepts and applications, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Schinke, Robert.(2001). Introduction to sport psychology : training, competition and coping /
Sports and athletics preparation, performance, and psychology, Nova Science Publishers,
Hauppauge, N.Y.
Luiselli, James K., & Reed, Derek D.(2011). Behavioral sport psychology: evidence-based
approaches to performance enhancement, Springer, New York.
Weinberg, Robert S., & Gould, Daniel.(1999). Foundations of sport and exercise psychology,
Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.