Sports Psychology Research Paper

Tools of sports psychology

By

Claude Irankunda

Spring valley academy

Psychology

Teacher: Mr. Knudsen

4/19/2018

Abstract The summary of these topic that, Sport psychologist help athletes achieve their goals in many ways. I learned how sport psychologist help us as an athlete?s to focus on what we are doing in order to achieve it. How athletes can identify psychological problems by looking for performance difficulties that tend to increase in pressure situations but not in practice. How sport psychologists help those players who are struggling in those kinds of situations. Sport psychologists teach them new ways or techniques that can help them get out from those struggles. They then develop strategies

In my opinion I think that sport psychologist is a good topic and it helps a lot in different ways, sport psychologists helps players and coaches achieve their goals by keeping them in shape or healthy. A mental game expert can help you improve confidence, focus, composure, intensity, and trust in athletic performance. These mental skills help athletes improve performance and can help in other areas of an athlete?s

Sport psychology includes breathing practice, visualization, imagery and music as tools to help calm players. Sport psychology reduces stress: A common phenomenon is sports occurs when players lose or lesser opponents based on their own mistakes. Players choke when they miss easy shots they regularly make in practice. Choking occurs when players develop fear and begin hitting or playing conservatively, using different shots and strokes than when they are winning. Sport psychology helps players deal with fear by preparing them to deal with choking. These techniques may include breathing, pre-shot routines, music or other triggers. Using pre-shot routines and including them in practice makes them part of your shot or swing. This helps your brain send the correct motor message to the muscles when you?re on the course or court (Ashe-Edmunds,