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For many years, the mental aspect of sports performance has received considerable attention in sports psychology. The cognitive processes in elite and less skilled athletes have been studied extensively, in an attempt to shed light on the variables arbitrating task execution during performances (Beilock, Carr, Machon & Starkes, 2002). This essay investigates how cognition differs in elite and less skilled athletes. Firstly, it considers elite-novice- differences in attentional focus; which suggests that where athletes direct their attention while performing differs across skills. Moreover, the essay closely examines the difference in elite and novice athletes ' ability to make effective decisions during performances (Milazzo, Farrow, Ruffault & Fournier, 2016).

The present review will analyze and critique five empirical sport psychology-related research articles. Moreover, the discussion of each article will include which statistical method was used, why it was used, and whether or not it was appropriate for the data. In addition, the article discussion will include a description and possible critique of the author’s interpretations of the results.

The movie “The Blind Side” originally written by: Michael Lewis is about a highschool boy named Michael Oher who gets adopted by the Tuohy family. The family financially help Michael with his school grades in order to play football, after his grades went up Michael got the proper training to play in his school team. Eventually, he struggles but Sean motivates Michael training him using Football strategies. Sean recorded a video of his sports performance Therefore it made him famous and received a scholarship.

All of the publicity that is attained by success, and the possibility of this success, places a great deal of pressure and stress on these young single-sport athletes. This stress and pressure takes the fun out of some sports. Youth sports are becoming serious and based more on winning than on having a great time and learning good sportsmanship. Adu points out the winning mindset of athletes in this day and age when he says, “Teams will do anything to win the game. My coach told me to expect that going in and that is exactly how it was. . .I felt like everybody was out to get me” (Goodall, 2003). This

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

The live sporting event that I chose to observe was the 2015 Woman’s Soccer Big West Conference championship game with Cal State Fullerton competing against Cal State Long Beach. The game took place on Sunday, November 8th at 1:00pm at Cal State Fullerton. This game is significant because it determines who wins the Big West and who qualifies for the NCAA tournament, so pressure on the players and intensity are very high. Throughout the game, I observed the game as a sport psychologist professional and observed the player’s and coach’s behaviors that relate to Sport Psychology. The three sport psychology concepts that were interpreted during the soccer match were: situational awareness, arousal regulation strategies, and reinforcements.

Have you ever heard the saying,”If you don't think you can, you won't.” ? This phrase is talking about mental strength. In mental strength in sports, you need to mentally think you can accomplish a task or you will probably not accomplish that task. An example of mental strength from “ What could be better than a touchdown” is, “ Dwight Lowery has been watching the play unfold. He breaks toward the ball, intercepts it and dashes twenty-six yards into the endzone TOUCHDOWN!” This shows that mental strength is important because for Dwight Lowery to

Sports is known to have a multitude of psychosomatic effects on our physical and mental being, all the way from reducing stress, muscular anxiety to improving positive thoughts, confidence and giving you a toned body. It also has the added bonus of harvesting a sense of accomplishment and adventure in our lives. Since all of us can’t be NFL, Giants or Patriots material, we can use the primitive tools to invest in our metal and physical health by engaging in sports as fitness routines. Depending on your current physical state, location and time, you can always schedule one on one, or team gatherings to participate in out-door sports for quality down time.

With more than forty million children participating in sports annually, ethics issues among student athletes are growing in severity and proportion. Rule bending, acts of dishonesty, athletic aggression, cheating and disrespect is becoming more accepted as students age. (Schinke, 2012) Noted authors, Mango and Lamont, address a rise in issues from as simple as cheating to the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs (Mango & Lamont, 2012). And we are seeing that “unsportsmanlike behavior in all levels of competitive sports are common” (Schinke, 2012, p. 74). Consequently, many scholars link this digression to an abundance of poor role models, such as professional athletes and overzealous coaches who lack moral reasoning.

The use of mental skills in sports psychology can both benefit an athlete to motivate themselves and provide them with the self confidence to achieve although the use of these skills can also have a negative impact on the athlete. This review of literature includes two different types of mental skills that can be used to help an athlete in the rehabilitation process, one study to support the concept that athletes benefit from a range of mental skills use is Arvinen-Barrow et al. This study took place in 2015, found out that 71.6% of 1283 athletes indicated that they believed mental skills helped them to rehabilitate faster when using 3 types of mental skills (imagery,goal setting and positive self talk). On the other hand there are studies which argue against the positives of mental skills more specifically relaxation and imagery and one example is a study conducted by Francis, Andersen and Maley (2000). The results from this study backed up the idea that positive self talk and positive reinforcement from an external individual can help the rehabilitation process. However the athletes used in this study did not believe that other mental skills such as relaxation or imagery were particularly useful in the rehabilitation phase. Furthermore when athletes return to physical activity there are theories that they are often feared of the injury occurring again and may not give themselves the best chance to perform at their previous standards. The following examples of

Sports play a big role in today’s society, competitive and recreational, for young children and even adults. With sports and exercise, unfortunately comes the risk of injuries. You can talk to almost anyone that has played sports the majority of their lives and they will have an injury story for you. Whether it is something as minor as a strained muscle to something as major as a torn ligament. There is always an inherited risk when participating in activities that we enjoy.

On March 16th at 7:00 P.M., Titans baseball team played against Grand Canyon at the Fullerton Goodwin Field. It was 50 degrees, windy, and with scattered rain. Because of the rain, I was only able to observe the team for two hours. Most of the players displayed similar behaviors and emotions, but I was able to visually identify behaviors only from a few players. I was able to take notes from focusing on Colton Eastman (No 4), right-hand pitcher, Sahid Valenzuela (No 17), INF, and Daniel Cope (No 10), catcher. Throughout the game I was able to identify four sport psychology concepts: Motivation, Self-Talk, Breathing (Type for Relaxation), and Visualization.

Perry says, “ Victory is in my veins / I know it, I know it / and I will not negotiate / I’ll fight it, I’ll fight” (Perry 10-13). Showing that all it takes for an athlete like me to be prepared for an upcoming game is to believe in oneself and to know that if I do my part then my team will succeed. Self-reliance is one of the biggest part to winning. Without it, a player is unconfident and it will need them to make more and more mistakes. Rise shows how athletes need to be self-reliant and that they when they believe themselves they can accomplish

Mental skills are a huge struggle for so many athletes, and that is because of lack of knowledge not only from players, but coaches. With lack of knowledge coaches don’t instruct their players on how to use mental skills and the benefits of it. As a coach of a recreational youth girls’ soccer team, it is my job to teach and prepare the girls to play at a higher level, whether it be club or high school, but ultimately just beyond rec soccer. At 10 and 11 years of age, teaching them how to cope with anger, or direct negativity into positivity, or any other mental skill, is crucial at this age because they are still getting down the physical skill. Learning these psychological skills will help them as they grown into more competitive athletes and better people outside of sports. Usually a PST is not made for athletes until they are around the college level, but this can benefit children as well. The main goal of creating this program outline is so that once the athletes have gotten more familiar with it and psychological skills, they will be able to self-regulate and mentally achieve their personal goals on their own.

skills in the rehabilitation of athletes (Wiese, Weiss, & Yukelson, 1991). There are a plethora of