Sports Psychology - Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK)

Sports Psychology Level 3 Online Course.100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).

Understand the psychology behind successful performance! This module will develop your skills and understanding of psychological principles for use in sports.

The curriculum covers motivation, team dynamics as well as psychological traits of successful athletes

This Level 3 course is accredited by ACCPH and allows you to join as a professional member after completion. Membership allows you to add the letters MACCPH after your name (post-nominals).

This ADL course has also been accredited by the CMA - The Complimentary Medical Association. Upon graduation, students will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership. CMA Members in all categories are recognised as the elite in their field.

Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?

Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).

What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?

• Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
• Start and Finish at any time
• Courses globally and industry relevant
• Practical Component at the end of most lessons.

Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.

This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.

Lesson Structure: Sports Psychology BPS106

There are 8 lessons:

1 Introduction

• Introduction
• History of Sports Psychology
• Performance Psychology
• Physiological Psychology
• Psychophysiology
• Exercise Psychology
• What is the Difference Between Sports and Exercise Psychologists?
• Environmental Influences
• Aspects of Sports Psychology
• Applying Sports Psychology

2 Psychological Traits of Successful Athletes

• Personality traits are different to Psychological disposition
• Personality Traits
• Personality Types
• Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory of Personality (1933)
• Hollander’s Personality Structure
• Psychological Core
• Typical Responses
• Role Related Behaviour
• Drive Theory
• Psychological Dispositions
• The Sporting Personality
• Concentration
• Psychological Attributes can predict Success
• Personality Theories – An Overview
• The Interactionist Approach
• Stress and Stressors
• Self-esteem and improved involvement in physical activity
• Learned Helplessness
• So what are the benefits of understanding the personality profile of athletes?

3 State of Mind.

• Anxiety and Arousal - an Introduction
• Anxiety: State Anxiety, Trait Anxiety, Physiology of Anxiety, Psychology of Anxiety, Competitive anxiety, Relationship Between Emotional Arousal and Performance
• Arousal: Physiology of Arousal, Psychology of Arousal, Choking
• Cognitive Technique
• How to Maximise Psychological State: Ways to ‘Psych’ Yourself into a Peak Psychological State, Ways to Prevent Choking, Relaxation Techniques, Imagery/Visualisation

4 Motivation

• Basic principles
• Intrinsic motivation
• Extrinsic motivation
• Motivation and Goals: McClelland’s achievement motivation theory, Factors affecting motivation
• Maintaining Motivation - Expectations - Vicious and Virtuous Cycles: Vicious cycle, Virtuous cycle, Self belief and Self talk
• Motivation for Fitness and Weight Control: Nutrition and sport, Weight control
• Slimming for Fun
• Think Before You Eat: Eating disorders and athletes, Endurance sports and eating disorders, Sports psychologists and fitness programmes, Motivation for a personal trainer

5 Aggression

• Anger: Anger Management, Techniques to encourage, Strategies to Manage Anger, Anger can Damage an Athlete’s Performance, Useful Concentration Techniques
• Aggression in Sport: Theories of Aggression (Biological (or Instinct), Frustration-Aggression, Environmental Factors, Types of Aggression in Sport, Steroids in Sport
• Measuring Aggression
• Conflict
• Conflict Handling Techniques: Competing, Soothing, Avoiding, Compromising, Joint Problem Solving

6 Leadership & Coaching

• A Coach's Role
• Coaching or Leadership Styles: Leadership Characteristics
• Getting Attention: Hints for Leading Activities
• Questioning
• Punishment: Strategies for Dealing with Poor Performance, Developing a Coaching Philosophy, Know Yourself, Obstacles Encountered – The Coaching Context, Understanding Athletes, The Coaching Process

7 Team Dynamics

• A Group
• A Team: Team Dynamics, Goals
• Steps in Building a Team: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
• Traits of an Effective Team: Suitable membership, Appropriate Leadership, Commitment to the Team, Concern for Achieving, Effective and Well Organised Work Methods and Procedures, Ability to Take Criticism, Creative Strength, Positive Relationships, Positive Environment, Team Roles, Developing the Ideal Team
• Factors Affecting the Team Environment: Autonomy, Support, Pressure, Recognition, Trust, Fairness, Innovation, Cohesiveness, Cohesion, Loafing

8 Special Groups

• Children
• Readiness
• Dropping out
• Stress
• Post Game/Season Evaluation
• Gender Differences: Elite Female Athletes, Special Considerations with Female Athletes, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, Disabled Persons

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the academy, marked by the academy's tutors and returned to you with feedback, any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Sports Psychologists, Sports Coaches, Sports and Psychology Enthusiasts

A pc or laptop with internet connection.

Sport psychologists can choose to specialize in several particular areas. Specialties include:

• Applied sport psychology (teaching skills to enhance athletic performance such as goal-setting and imagery);
• Clinical sport psychology (combining mental training strategies from sport psychology with psychotherapy to help clients with mental health problems)