KNES350 Sport psychology how to mentally manage yourself in life social settings sport The Games Do Count Brian Kilmeade book Who needs a sport psychologist o People looking for competitive edge o Those wanting to learn concentration techniques goal setting etc o Performance enhancement o Overcome pressures o INJURED athlete more than any other athlete Coach doesn t pay any attention Degree for sport psychology clinical psych PHD masters counseling psych Can t earn a living as sport psychologist HISTORY o Began around 1920 o Newt Rockney was football coach who began using pep talks o 1932 Cullman Griffin 1st professor of sport psychology Sport psychologist for Chicago Cubs o Sport psych dropped off for awhile after 1930s b c of war depression o Rebirth in 1960 international conference in Rome Performance enhancement applied sport psych o 1968 International Sport Psych partnered with North American Sport Psych conference in Washington DC Field grew o 1970 graduate programs masters PhD for sport psych Players thoughts personality mental imagery o 1980s better research journals Addiction to exercise psychology of injury o 1990s present psycho physiology Brad Hatfield leader in the field Activity in the brain as a result of exercise Elite athletes can handle same pressures as navy seals military etc o 1 10th of world almanac devoted to sport o Monday Night Football longest running sport show BF Skinner stimulus ignites response 4 ingredients to be an elite athlete FITNESS o Endurance o Strength o Flexibility PHYSIQUE PHYSICAL ENDOWMENT o Height o Weight o Vision o Center of gravity SKILL o Coordination o Speed o Agility o Hand eye foot eye coordination PSYCHOLOGICAL o Needs aggression affiliation power independence emotional stability anxiety persistence o Personality desire confidence o if you can t mentally manage yourself you cannot be successful athlete INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Heredity environment Birth order Geographic location Socioeconomic status 2 7 12 THE OUTLIERS being in the right place at the right time o Birthdays cut off dates for school sports o Examines factors that lead to high levels of success o Written by Malcolm Gladwell To become an elite athlete you need to practice 10 000 hours ATPA Attitude towards physical activity test o Test done to gather psychological information about sports o Social psych professor at Wisconsin Dr Jerry Kenyon o Raw scores converted to test scores statistical tool called factoral analysis o TOPICS Social Especially important to high school kids Health fitness Vertigo sense of risk Ascetic appreciate movement what people can do with their bodies Catharsis appreciate b c it s a way to relieve stress tension Acetic willing to train even though it hurts o How you value physical activity 2 9 12 Attitude psychological construct used to understand behavior o Mental state affects you in a lot of ways o Value based o Associated with individual differences o Your background environmental political home religious influences the way you think o Based on all past experiences effect all positive experiences have had on you attitude o People reveal who they are based on experiences through their People observe your responses which reveals your character o Attitudes shape your impressions convictions o Job recruiters notice different attitudes qualities from students from joy competition is fun things are challenges different schools o Positive attitude optimism determined not frustrated enjoy things calm mental state high performance level o Negative attitude o If you re showing negative emotion it energizes your opponent anxiety low performance level Nike Just Do It based on positive attitude Takes about 30 days to change your attitude 2 14 12 Abraham Maslow s Hierarchy of Needs o Needs area o Personality area o How individual progresses from basic needs to psychological maturity o Progression of growth o LEVELS Bottom PHYSIOLOGICAL basic needs food water SAFETY SECURITY stability protection structure order After accomplishing this psychological growth Not paying attention to love needs as crucial may lead LOVE AFFECTION to maladjustment SELF ESTEEM Is earned you developing a reputation that people admire SELF ACTUALIZATION Not everybody reaches this level So fulfilled that life is just a joy You have met all of your basic needs Ex Roger Federer Tiger Woods Mother Teresa Gratification sense of peace from doing what you do Gifted people but didn t mentally manage gifts Janis Joplin Kurt Cobain Whitney Houston etc Peak performance Norma Brown no love affection from parents o Became attached to Dr Brown Helicopter parent hovers over children Peck along the road less traveled 2 16 12 Children are more depressed today b c of parents hovering o Parents don t allow children to be independent o More rules higher children s self esteem o More freedom decrease in children s self esteem Freud o Had cancer of the palate theories on PLEASURE SEEKING o Wrote psychological theory on how we deal with conflict CONFLICT o ID basic instincts inner self of man unconsciousness present at birth ID directs your behavior towards satisfying desires THEORY DEVIL o EGO parents offer rules children realize you don t get everything you want rational realistic part mediator b w superego and id o SUPER EGO conscious begins b w ages 5 6 Holds back against primitive urges ANGEL o Parents serve as first conscious o 3 different psychological constructs performing at all times o Sport used to release stress tension conflict Sport is universal language o Can be diagnostic tool in deviant behavior in kids 2 23 12 Personality is a way to predict explain behavior o All based on heredity environment etc o Projective tests pictures observations over period of time interview of standardized questions analyze letters you write to people Personality trait theory you start developing consistencies in behavior o Why we can predict some behaviors find causes of behavior Situation ignites response Psychiatrist followed Chargers for 6 months and observed from personality standpoint game is in the mind o Found that when it comes to making it in NFL every coach will say o Players need personality that meets requirement of their position o Putting wrong person in wrong position unhappiness depression demoralization etc o Clear difference b w offensive and defensive players Offensive like structure discipline repetitive practices well planned executed practices Defensive players don t like structure