Sports_Psyc

Sports Psyc Sports Psychology is “psychological and mental factors that influence and are influenced by participation and performance in sport, exercise, and physical activity.”( AAASP online, 2002, “What is sports psychology”, para.1) A sports psychologist also uses the knowledge gained through his/her studies of sports psychology and tries to apply it to everyday settings. When one thinks of the word psychology, a sport isn’t the first thing they associate with it. To better understand what sports psychology is, we first have to understand what exactly a sports psychologist is and what service he or she provide for a patient. And to further understand the topic we have to outline a few of their techniques and methods in treating a patient. A sports psychologist has two main areas of focus. The first one is helping an athlete use psychological factors to optimize his or her own mental health, and to help that person to reach his/her peak performance level. The second is understanding how the participation in sports and exercise effects the psychological development throughout an individuals lifespan. A sports psychologist’s job is to try and get an athlete into the zone of optimal functioning (ZOF). sports, mental, psychology, zone, physical, person, factors, psychologist, performance, one, help, first, understand, techniques, steps, just, improve, sport, reach, psychological, positive, own, outlook, out, main, because, athlete, way, visualize, training, stress, strategy, step, sprain, sprague