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Applied Sport Psychology - Mental Skills Training Cert
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What you'll learn
- Unit 1 - Introduction to Sport Psychology - The Role of a Sport Psychologist.
- Unit 2 - Individual Considerations Within Sport - Performance Stress and Anxiety Regulation, Attention Control and Processing Efficiency
- Unit 3 - Psychological Skills Training (PST) - Attentional Focus, Self Talk and Confidence, Visualisation / Imagery, Performance Profiling and Goal-setting
- Unit 4 - Health and Well-being For Performance - Resilience / Mental Toughness Development, Anxiety, Athletic Identity, Burnout and Over-training.
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Course content
4 sections • 23 lectures • 4h 49m total length
Requirements
- No pre-requisites but it might help if you are an athlete or coach looking to learn more about sport psychology and how you can improve your performance or your athlete's performance with use of mental skills / psychological skills training. Also suitable for anybody with just an interest on how the elite athletes apply mental skills to optimize their performance.
Description
This course is presented as a comprehensive practical applied sport psychology course for sports coaches and athletes looking to develop knowledge around mental skills training. With over 4.5 hours of highly engaging content, this course is pitched at a very attainable level to cater for all learners, and includes numerous resources and examples from contemporary sport.
With over 12 years applied experience in sport psychology and mental skills training delivery to athletes, ranging from juvenile to elite international performers, I have developed this course to help you broaden your understanding of mental skills training and sport psychology in an easy and practical manner. With applied references to the most cutting edge research in various aspects of mental skills training (MST) including
visualization,
attentional focus,
self-talk,
performance profiling and goal setting,
deep breathing and relaxation,
performance anxiety management,
mindfulness and arousal regulation.
This course also includes practical examples for you to explore and experience to develop a broad understanding of mental skills training with some practical advice around implementing such practices. Furthermore, it also explains and references numerous examples of how the best teams, coaches and athletes apply best practice in utilization of these mental skills in their pursuit of sporting excellence.
Using a series of multiple choice quizzes and a complimentary work-book with numerous applied tasks, this in depth applied course is designed to significantly enhance your knowledge in this area as either an athlete or a coach. Those who finish the course will receive certification on completion.
See the drop-down menus on the Course Content tab below for the level of depth across 4 units of work or watch the video and check out the free preview lessons to get a taste of what is inside the course.
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Thank you for taking the time to research this course. I look forward to you signing up and seeing you on the other side, where you will greatly enhance your knowledge in this area.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for both athletes and sports coaches interested in developing their knowledge around mental / psychological skills training in sport.