Outcome 4

Aim: By the end of this session student will

Identify what psychological skills training programmes are and the assessments needed to complete them (P5 Links with assignment 4)

Objectives: By the end of this session students will

Identify what psychological skills programmes are.

Describe the main phases used when producing a PST.

Assemble a needs analysis for a member of the group.

What are the factors that can affect cohesion.

How can they affect team cohesion.

What are the three main leadership styles?

Environment:PersonalLeadershipTeam

Autocratic – ‘do this’, ‘do it like this’.Democratic – ‘How do you think we can do this’.Laissez-faire – ‘here the problem/ you solve it’.

Question: - How do we get

better at the sports we play?

We all know that training helps our performance. However, often

people train to improve their physical skills and forget about improving their psychological skills.

Have you ever turned up to a game and thought ‘I can’t be bothered today?’

These are all situations where effective psychological training programmes might have helped.

This involves the acquisition and development of a range of skills.

These are designed to improve performance over time.

Education: Teaching the athlete why PST is

beneficial. Acquisition:

Learning different psychological skills. Practice:

Providing opportunities to use techniques in competition.

What does each phase mean?

Before deciding on what the athlete wants to achieve during their PST programme, they need to carry out an initial assessment.

This can be achieved through: Interviews - semi-structured interviews are

often best. Questionnaires – levels of different

psychological factors. (ACSI – Sheet) Performance profiling – (Practical team sports.)

The ACSI is a questionnaire that rates an athlete’s psychological skills. Coping Peaking Goal settling Mental preparation Concentration Confidence Achievement motivation Coach ability.

After the initial assessment has been completed, the needs analysis should be completed.

This is a written document that outlines what the athlete’s main strengths and areas for improvement and some initial suggestions of what they can improve.

From this analysis, you can start to put together the aims and objectives.

Working in pairs use the scale on the back of the sheet, calculate your skills.

Now complete a needs analysis for your partner.

From your needs analysis what are the main strengths and area for improvements.

What are the three main areas needed in order to compete a PST.

What does each area represent.

Aim: By the end of this session student will

Identify what psychological skills training programmes are and the assessments needed to complete them

Objectives: By the end of this session students will

Identify what psychological skills programmes are.

Describe the main phases used when producing a PST.

Assemble a needs analysis for a member of the group.