SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Table of Contents

Introduction2

History of Sports Psychology3

Motivation7

Self-efficacy11

Controlling Emotions in Sports16

Teamwork and Cohesion20

Body Mass Index24

BMI> 2526

BMI> 3026

BMI> 4026

Ratio of waist - hip27

The role of genes27

Apple style27

Pear-shaped type28

Role of Sports Psychologists28

Conclusion33

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Introduction

It got decided to conduct this research because the psychology is very important in sports performance with athletes from different disciplines. However, sports performance means the degree of increase can order a driving performance in a particular sport. Moreover, to determine which variables or components directly affect athletic performance or relate to best results, serve to implement a program in which the variables can be developed always trying to reach the optimal level of athletes or athletes of different disciplines. However, a harmonious development of these factors can achieve maximum individual performance understood as the result of planning a structured training program (Orlick, & Partington, 1987, 4-17).

Moreover, there are many answers to questions, lie in the psychological functioning of athletes. They themselves know the importance of psychological functioning to play at 100% of its possibilities. When athletes perform an analysis of a competition in which they have lost or have not achieved the expected results are very different from the responses of the winners. However, the difference between winning and losing when competing among the best is often minimal. They have trained and prepared thoroughly for this event, however not all are able to give as much of themselves. When asked about the reasons for success a lot of them attributed to mental strength. Thus, we must focus on comprehensive and integrated performance of the athlete in different sport situations (Danish, 1993, 352-385).

Sport Psychology is a branch of psychology such as Forensic Psychology, Clinical, and Human Relations, for which the professional is properly trained and needs to intervene with all the necessary tools. Many times the preconceptions about psychology make it very difficult, at least in our country, join the sporting environment. However, sports psychology gets known as that it is the use of psychological theories and techniques in order to maximize performance and personal development of athletes. Moreover, it is a set of psychological intervention techniques that will help the athlete to increase their knowledge and technical resources to face a better fit and athletic performance at the time of the competition. Furthermore, psychological skills training in order to help the athlete to improve their performance, to enjoy participation in sport and develop activities that go beyond the sport and help them enjoy life (Carron, 2005, 383-403).

History of Sports Psychology

Sport psychology is the branch of psychology that studies mental processes and behavior of man in sports. This applied science seeks to understand and optimize the internal conditions of the athlete to achieve expression of the potential physical, technical and tactical acquired in the process of preparation. However, the first contacts between psychology and the sport consisted of inquiries from coaches to psychologists, where descriptions of behaviors during the competitions in search of tips to achieve self-control of ...