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Title: What is Sport Psychology


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  • What is Sport Psychology?

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Sport Psychology is
  • Sport Sciences
  • Biomechanics
  • Motor learning and control
  • Exercise physiology
  • Sport history and philosophy
  • Sport sociology
  • Sport Psychology 1960s
  • Half of any sport is 90 mental." (Yogi Berra.)

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Psychology applied to Sport Experience
  • Personality
  • Motivation
  • Skill acquisition
  • Stress response
  • Sport injury and rehabilitation
  • Exercise adherence
  • Moral development in sport
  • Women in sport
  • Elderly in sport
  • Youth in sport
  • Exercise and well-being.

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Do I have to be an athlete to be a Sport
Psychologist?
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Performance is Performance
  • Sport
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Business
  • Life

6
Applied vs. Research
  • Ideally
  • Applied Practice is guided by research.
  • Research is informed by practice.
  • Psychological interventions for
  • Relaxation
  • Imagery
  • Behavior change
  • Biofeedback
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Self-regulation (anger control, etc)
  • Team work
  • Communication

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Professional Outlets
  • Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport
    Psychology (AAASP)
  • National Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
    Recreation, and Dance
  • North American Society for Psychology of Sport
    and Physical Activity
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • International Society of Sport Psychology
  • APA Division 47
  • British Association of Sport and Exercise Science
    (BASES)

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Sport Psychologist or Sport Psychology Consultant?
  • Sport Psychologist
  • Training as a psychologist, supplemented by
    training in sport psychology delivery.
  • Sport Psychology Consultant
  • Sport and Phys Ed training.
  • Hybrid training.
  • Sachs, M.L., Burke, K.L., Schrader, D.C. (2000)
    Directory of graduate programs in applied sport
    psychology (6th ed.). Morgantown, WV Fitness
    Information Technology.  www.fitinfotech.com

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Career Paths
  • Sport Psychologist
  • Licensed Psychologist, trained to work with
    athlete and non-athlete populations.
  • University setting, research
  • Sport Psychology Consultant
  • University setting
  • University sports
  • Research setting
  • Legitimacy
  • Licensure
  • AAASP Certification
  • BASES Certification
  • Olympic Registry

10
Career Paths
  • Choose your own adventure
  • Can I work with Tiger and make a million?
  • Performance Enhancement Consulting
  • Business Consulting
  • Health and Wellness

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What do I read, to start?
  • Murphy, S. (Ed.) (1995). Sport psychology
    interventions. Champaign, IL Human Kinetics. 
  • Van Raalte, J.L. Brewer, B.W. (Eds.) (2002)
    Exploring sport and  exercise psychology (2nd
    ed.). Washington DC American Psychological
    Association. 
  • Singer, R.N., Murphey, M., Tennant, L.K. (Eds.)
    (1993). Handbook of research on sport psychology.
    New York, NY Macmillan. 
  • Singer, R.N, Hausenblas, H., Janelle, C.
    (Eds.). (2001). Handbook of sport psychology (2nd
    ed.). New York Wiley.
  • Weinberg, R. Gould, D. (1995). Foundations of
    sport and exercise psychology. Champaign, IL
    Human Kinetics. 
  • Williams, J.M. (Ed.) (2001) Applied sport
    psychology Personal growth to peak performance
    (4th ed.). Mountain View, CA Mayfield (415)
    960-3222. 

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What do I read, for research?
  • Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • The Sport Psychologist
  • Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • International Journal of Sport and Exercise
    Psychology

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Sport Psychology at FSU
  • MS and PhD programs
  • MS
  • 2 year academic program
  • Thesis
  • PhD
  • Coursework
  • Field Lab Internship
  • Preliminary defense (Pilot Study and Concept
    Paper)
  • Dissertation Prospectus
  • Dissertation

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