1) Sports psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviors in sports contexts. It deals with improving performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injuries and poor performance.
2) Growth refers to changes in size, weight, and height, while development involves changes in physical, mental, social, emotional, and other aspects of a person.
3) Adolescence involves complex changes from ages 13-19 and common problems include physical, social, mental, emotional, and aggressive behavior issues that require management.
1) Sports psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviors in sports contexts. It deals with improving performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injuries and poor performance.
2) Growth refers to changes in size, weight, and height, while development involves changes in physical, mental, social, emotional, and other aspects of a person.
3) Adolescence involves complex changes from ages 13-19 and common problems include physical, social, mental, emotional, and aggressive behavior issues that require management.
1) Sports psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviors in sports contexts. It deals with improving performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injuries and poor performance.
2) Growth refers to changes in size, weight, and height, while development involves changes in physical, mental, social, emotional, and other aspects of a person.
3) Adolescence involves complex changes from ages 13-19 and common problems include physical, social, mental, emotional, and aggressive behavior issues that require management.
1) Sports psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviors in sports contexts. It deals with improving performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injuries and poor performance.
2) Growth refers to changes in size, weight, and height, while development involves changes in physical, mental, social, emotional, and other aspects of a person.
3) Adolescence involves complex changes from ages 13-19 and common problems include physical, social, mental, emotional, and aggressive behavior issues that require management.
Learning Objectives Definition and Importance of Psychology in Physical Education and Sports
Define and Differentiate
between Growth and Development
Adolescent Problems and
their Management.
Team Cohesion and Sports
Psyche – Soul
Logos – to study
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Psychology is a broad field that include the study of
human thought, behaviour, development, personality, emotion, motivation, and more. Psychology is the study of human behaviour and human relationship. Psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour. Researchers in psychology seeks to understand and explain how people think, act, and feel. Psychology of a person always influence their performance.
Definition of Sports Psychology
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Sports psychology is the
scientific study of persons and their behaviours in sports context. Sports psychology deals with increasing performance by managing emotions and minimising the psychological effects of injuries and poor performance. Sports psychology is the study of behaviour and various psychological aspects in the field of sports.
Importance of Sports Psychology
Enhance Physiological Capacities – sports psychology can enhance the physiological
capacities such as strength speed and flexibility. Motivation also plays a role in enhancement of physical capacity of sports person because psychological capacities always increases physiological capacity is often individual.
Assists to Learn Motor Skills – learning of motor skills depends on the individuals level of readiness that is physiological and psychological readiness. Physiological readiness in athlete helps with the development of necessary strength, flexibility & endurance and psychological readiness helps in the improvement of athlete’s state of mind, it prepares them mentally.
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Helps in Reducing Stress – sports psychology help in reducing stress and tension of athletes during the competition which indirectly improve their sports performance.
Prepare Athletes for Psychologically For Competitions – sports psychology helps in
preparing athlete psychologically for competition. Sports Psychologist give tips to athletes before and after the competition so that athletes can participate without any stress and their will power should be more strong.
Supports Emotional Needs of Sportspersons – stress an anxiety are natural before and during the competition. Some other emotional problems such as depression frustration and panic can also be there. Knowledge of sports psychology helps all the athlete who face these problems. It helps them to control their emotions and provide emotional support. As a result athletes are more confident and focused.
Definition of Growth and Development
Growth is related to the
change in size. weight and height of any individual, whereas development is related to the changes in all aspects of an individual such as physical development, mental development, social development, emotional development, motor development, etc.
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Difference between Growth and Development
Growth Development Growth is quantitative. Development is qualitative Growth is something that Development never stops. occurs up to a certain time in Unlike growth, it is a lifelong different humans and animals. process that goes on till your Growth occurs as a result of a death. cellular change by the increase There is no cellular change of cells in an organism resulting in development. Growth leads to developments Development does not require but that does not occur always. to be associated with growth. As a result of growth, we see It can occur without the need changes in the appearance of a for growth. living being We do not see any visible changes as a result of development in living beings.
Adolescence is a stage of complex changes, which
begins after childhood and ends before adulthood. Generally, it begins from 13 years and remains till 19 years. Duringthis stage, the growth of adolescents becomes spontaneous.
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Adolescent Problems Physical problem Social Mental problem problem
Problem of Aggressive self support behaviour
Lack of Emotional stability and problems adjustment
Management of Adolescent Problems
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Adulthood Physical Cognitive Social Development Development Development • Early adulthood (20-40yrs) • Cognitive dev. Takes place in • Build stronger relationship • Middle adulthood (40-60yrs) infancy and early childhood • Concern with their careers • Late adulthood (60+yrs) • It remain steady in early n • Try to make world a better middle adulthood place • Physical n Mental Health Decline • Decline in late adulthood • They become mature • Loose skin n wrinkles • We looses ability to process • Certain social needs provide information gradually practical support to manage the • Decline in fertility due to menopause, grey hair, more • Physically n mentally active demand of everyday life due to abdominal fat, weight gain people face less decline in decreased physical and cognitive ability. cognitive capabilities in late adulthood. • Greater emotional support
TEAM COHESION AND SPORTS
Group - Group can be defined as ‘two or more persons who interact with one another such that each person influences and is influenced by each other person’. Team - The term ‘team’ can be defined as ‘a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, common performance goals, and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. Cohesion can be defined as the amount of unity or harmony in a team. Team cohesion happens when our team remains united while working to achieve a common goal. Being a cohesive team means that not only our group Goals met but everyone feels like they have contributed to the overall success of the group. The word cohesion literally means sticking together. Thus, team cohesion is the sum of the forces that influence members to remain part of a group or team. A highly cohesive team is likely to be more united and committed to success than a team low in cohesion.
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TYPES OF COHESION
1. Task Cohesion - Task cohesion refers to the level of team members
working together to attain and achieve common and identifiable team goals in a cohesive environment. 2. Social Cohesion - Social Cohesion refers to the level of liking among the team members and amount of personal satisfaction of being together in as team members.
Task and Social cohesion are two independent components
of team cohesion and failure to differentiate between the two can lead to failure in developing team cohesion among the teams.
2. Team factors - Prior success, lack of communication, Having team goals,
Importance of achieving goals
3. Leadership factors - Effort to develop cohesion
4. Environmental factors - Size of group (smaller group will have more chances for team cohesion)
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WAYS TO IMPROVE TEAM COHESION
Provide Celebrate Reward efforts feedback to successes as a and individuals as team performance well as team
Encourage Practice team Focus on
communication building building trust
Psychological Attribute (Psychological attributes are the
characteristics that helps you understand athletes behaviour)
Attention
Resilience
Mental Toughness
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ATTENTION – Constant focus or concentration on the object
at hand Direct Dimension Width Dimension External Attention Focus (when a Broad attention focus – (Broad person’s attention is directed attention focus allows an athlete outward either to an object or to an to perceive various things opponent’s movement e.g., simultaneously example when concentrating on opponent’s batsman has to study the movement in combative sports) movement of the bowler, hand Internal Attention Focus – (When a movement, speed, gap on the person’s focus is directed in word to field to hit in order to play the their personal thoughts and feelings shot. ) Example a gymnast mental Narrow attention focus – preparation before his or her (Narrow attention focus occurs performance) when athlete has to focus only at one or two thing max example breaking the tile in Taekwondo as athlete has to focus only on the tile)
Resilience – Being able to bounce back easily from a
negative situation or injury, Traumatic experiences or disturbance And even grow in the face of adverse life experiences.
Physical Mental Emotional Social
Resilience Resilience Resilience Resilience • How body deals • Persons ability • Regulates • Ability to work with the change to adapt to emotions during together with and recovers change and the time of other people to from demands uncertainty stress and to be eradicate or injuries and in touch with solve problem illness their inner life
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How to build Resilience
Social support
Self esteem
Communication
Self talk
Confidence in one’s strength and abilities
Developing a growth mindset
Mental Toughness Mental toughness is the ability to achieve challenging goals when faced under stress and when everything seems impossible.
