The subject will cover the following topics:
- Overview and introduction to sport and exercise behaviour
- Understanding the participant:
- Personality and sport/exercise behaviour;
- Arousal, anxiety, stress and sport/exercise behaviour;
- Motivation and sport/exercise behaviour;
- Confidence and self-efficacy and sport/exercise behaviour;
- Introduction to psychological skills training.
- Understanding the sport and exercise setting/environment:
- Feedback and reinforcement;
- Competition and cooperation;
- Group and team dynamics;
- Leadership and communication
- Introduction to exercise adherance.
- Psychological outcomes of sport and exercise participation:
- Sport/Exercise and well-being/mental health;
- Youth Sport/Exercise and psychological development;
- Athletic injuries and psychological recovery;
- Addiction to exercise, athletic burnout and their prevention;
- Aggression in sport and implications for practice. |