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“Recognise and critically evaluate the varying personality traits in modern sports performers and examine how these traits affect overall performance. ... ”
Explore and assess the nature of sport psychology and influence on performance
The application of psychology to sport is a relatively new concept. It has been widely utilised in North America for decades and it began to be utilised by performers in Great Britain since the 1960s.
“…it is only in recent years that the discipline of sport psychology, has become recognised and acknowledged” (Bull, S. ... 1)
Its use increased with the added pressure put on performers and has become common practice throughout the late 1980s right through the early 21st Century. ... Psychology can be used in a variety of ways within sport by the athlete, coach and somewhat indirectly by the media. Within sport, three areas of psychology play a large role, motivation, aggression and personality. Often performers are given a ‘pep’ talk before and during competition to keep them within the optimum zone of motivation and performance. It is within this respect that psychology is used to rouse the performer into a mental and physical state that is required to compete to their full potential.
Investigate and appraise the psychology of the coach athlete relationship focusing on such attributes such as the role of motivation and personality
Personality has the ability to define the sport that an athlete chooses.
Approximate Word count = 1126
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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