Monday 25 February 2013

Introduction


Facts about a psychological skills training programme


What
 
A Psychological Skills Training is an individually designed combination of methods selected to attain psychological skill needs.Each program is individualised based on the psychological state of the athlete and their sport. The skills in a PST programme are the psychological qualities or attributes that need to be developed and the PST method is the tool that will be used to help improve the skill.


Who and Why
 
They are for athletes who want to enhance their performance, this may be because they want to improve themselves further, they are injured or they are showing signs of high or low levels of arousal, anxiety, motivation and confidence which need to be brought up or down in order to allow the athlete to give their best performance.


When
 
A PST Programme can be used at any time either before, during or after an event or training situations. It should be used 3 to 5 times a week and each session should last up to about 20 minutes in total in order for it to work effectively.


Where
 
The location of the programme being undertaken is decided by the psychologist and the client, this must be an agreement in order for the programme to work properly. The programme should be carried out away from an athletes comfort zone so that they can really concertrate on each aspect of the programme however the training grounds and competition should be introduced to the programme so they can get use to using them without the psychologists help.


How
 
A psychologist should use a range of methods such as questionnaires, interviews and performance profiling in order to gain information about the athletes performance. This enables the psychologists to plan a programme with the client and based on the information that was collected so that it can improve their performance for the greater good.


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