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Sports
Psychology Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT DOES A SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST
DO?
A sports psychologist can:
● Assist
athletes in achieving competitive goals
by better understanding their mental
strengths and weaknesses and acquiring
strategies to enhance performance.
● Explore
and apply sports psychology techniques
tailored to the needs of the athlete.
● Provide
athletes with a comprehensive mental
fitness regime that may include: goal
setting, focusing, controlling pressure,
dealing with frustration, energy
management, imagery, and self-talk.
Here are some examples of areas of your
game that can be improved by working
with a sports psychologist:
● Improve
performance consistency
● Create
effective practice habits
● Improve
communication skills
● Enhance
motivation
● Fine tune
focus
● Gain
ability to perform in pressure
situations
WHAT IS SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY?
How much of your sports
performance do you feel is affected by
your attitude and how you think? 50%,
75%, 90%?
Most
athletes think about 50-90% of what they
do out on the field is affected by their
attitude.
Now,
think about how much time you actually
spend working on your attitude? 0%, 5%,
10%?
So,
you know your attitude is important but
you don't spend much time working on it.
Probably, because you don't know how to
work on it.
Sports psychology tells you how. The
field of sports psychology helps
athletes enhance their sports
performance by strengthening their
attitudes. By examining personal and
environmental factors that impact
performance, a sports psychologist can
develop techniques to improve the way
an athlete feels, thinks, and
ultimately performs. An athlete's
perceptions, thoughts, attitudes,
beliefs, expectations, and emotions
create mental agility to support and
enhance physical capabilities. Becoming
as mentally fit as you are physically,
plays a vital role in helping you to
perform consistently well. No matter
what your talent level, strengthening
your attitude will help you have a
successful and rewarding sports
experience.
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