Sport Psychology

Btec Sport

Psychology Module

• Learning outcomes of this Module:

1. Know the effect of personality, concentration and motivation on sports performance

2. Know the relationship between stress, anxiety, arousal and sports performance

Quick task:

what do you think psychology is about?

when you hear the word psychology, what

thoughts pop up in your head?

1. Personality

3. Concentraion

4. Arousal & Anxiety

2. MotivationFour Psychological Factors

1. Personality

• What do you define as personality? Give me some examples....

• Personality...

1. The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character. (Oxford dictionary)

We are now going to look at Introvert and Extrovert personalities

Does anyone know what Introvert and Extrovert personalities are???

Are interested in their own thoughts and

feelings

Need to have own territory

Often appear reserved, quiet and

thoughtful

Have difficulties in making new contacts

Like concentration and quiet

Do not like the unexpected

INTROVERTS

feel humiliated

if they make a mistake

Quiet

Do not share

feelings easily

Become irritated if

surrounded by people for long periods of time

Good Concentration

like there own space and own company

Dislike social

situations

Introvert Traits

Task

How many Introvert sports men/women can you think of.....

For Example...... Paul Scholes

Extroverts

Open and

often talkative

Easily make new friends or adapt to a new

group

Easily break

unwanted relations

Interested in new people

Say what they think

Like action and

initiative

Compare their own opinions with

the opinions of others

Task

How many Extrovert sports men/women can

you think of???

For example...Dennis Rodman

HOMEWORK

http://similarminds.com/eysenck.html

this link will be on the St.Joseph’s BTEC website,

available to ALL of you..... go on the link and take the test!

we will do one now for me, as an

example!!

2. Motivation

What do you define as motivation? Give me some examples....

Motivation.....is the external stimulus and internal mechanisms which arouse and direct our behaviour

" A Drive To Fulfil A Need" (Gill 1986)

We are now going to look at Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Does anyone know what Intrinsic and extrinsic

motivation is???

Intrinsic

Makes you feel

good

comes from the

heart

Want to achieve/prove a pointgain

knowledge/fitness

Challenge

Cooperation

Recognition

Extrinsic

Money

Trophies

Qualifications

Rewards

Task

With a partner write down as many Sports men/women who are intrinsically and

extrinsically motivated

Achievement motivation

Sports performers need a balance between intrinsic & extrinsic motivation.

Too many extrinsic rewards (money, trophies, etc) can reduce a performer’s own intrinsic motivation (drive, passion ,etc)

Motivation types!

NACH? NAF?

ANY ONE KNOW WHAT THESE ARE?

NACH?Need To Achieve

Strive to be the best

Will not stop until they have achieved what

they want.

Take the challenging

route in what they

do.

Complete tasks/goals

properly

Seek independence

Find it rewarding to be

challenged

Need To Achieve

Sporting Example

Cristiano Ronaldo

• Strived to become the best player in the world.

• Trained alone after team training to improve his own ability.

• Was motivated to improve his football ability.

• Achieved his goal of becoming the worlds best player in 2008.NACH

TASK

List as many sports men/women who you think have a NACH Motivation type.....

WHY?

NAF?Need To

Avoid Failure

Not the best at

what they do

Take Everything

Easy

Avoid Responsibility

Do Not Like Being Assessed

Easy Route

Relaxed

Need To Avoid

Failure

Sporting Example.

Carlo Cudicini

NAF

• Happy to sit on the Bench at Chelsea FC and now Tottenham Hotspurs FC

• Always knows he will be the second choice Goalkeeper but is happy with that.

• Has a laid back approach• Is happy to take the easy route• Knows he isn’t the best in Goal

3. Concentration

• What do you define as concentration? Give me some examples....

• Concentration...is the ability of a sports performer to process information and maintain focus

• To process information, a sports performer has to make sense of the information they are presented with and decide on the course of action to take. If the performer becomes overloaded with information it can negatively affect their performance