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2020/2021

Psychological Training in Specific Sports

Code: 43890 ECTS Credits: 9
Degree Type Year Semester
4316214 Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity OB 1 2
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Joan Emili Palmí i Guerrero
Email:
Desconegut

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)

Teachers

Jesús Portillo Morilas

External teachers

Alex Gordillo
Alex Latinjak
Aurelio Olmedilla
Carles Ventura
Caterina Sousa
Eduardo Amblar
Eva Molleja
Joan Palmi
Joan Vives
Jordi Renom
Josep Font
Pep Marí

Prerequisites

The Master's own

Objectives and Contextualisation

The objective of this module is that the student knows the basic characteristics of different sports and the proposals for psychological intervention for each one of them. The student will have, from the knowledge acquired in the previous modules, a basic model of intervention that will adapt to each one of the characteristics and sports requirements. 
First of all, a sports classification is performed according to the different levels of relationship (type of track, number of participants, characteristics of the tools, collaboration and / or opposition, performance needs). 
Secondly, the most common psychological assessment systems applied to different sports are valued, and finally different professional interventions applied to sports with different characteristics are developed.

Competences

  • Analyze the psychological factors that impact sports initiation, performance and abandonment.
  • Apply psychological interventions to school-age children, with trainers and parents, in the field of sports performance and exercise in relation to health.
  • Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of psychological interventions in sports initiation, maintenance and performance.
  • Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  • Know the main models of intervention in sports initiation and in the psychology of sport.
  • Optimize performance and prioritize the welfare of sportspersons with an ethical commitment.
  • Show skills in interpersonal relations with sports agents (trainers, judges, managers, sportspersons and fans) and the families of school-age sportspersons.
  • Work in teams in a coordinated and collaborative way, and show skills in working in interdisciplinary teams.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Choose the most suitable techniques for performing interventions in different sports and different populations.
  2. Choose the most suitable variables and instruments for evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention in different sports.
  3. Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  4. Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  5. Interpret the results obtained in the evaluation process in order to improve future interventions.
  6. Optimize performance and prioritize the welfare of sportspersons with an ethical commitment.
  7. Show skills in interpersonal relations with sports agents (trainers, judges, managers, sportspersons and fans) and the families of school-age sportspersons.
  8. Summarise and critically synthesise psychological intervention models applicable to different sports.
  9. Summarise and critically synthesise the characteristics of different sports.
  10. Synthesise the role of the different factors affecting abandonment in different sports.
  11. Synthesise the role of the different factors affecting initiation to different sports.
  12. Synthesise the role of the different factors affecting performance in different sports.
  13. Work in teams in a coordinated and collaborative way, and show skills in working in interdisciplinary teams.

Content

* Models of intervention in sports performance psychology.
										
											
										
											* Classification of sports (small track, field, collaboration, opposition, collaboration-opposition.

										
											* Systems of psychological evaluation in specific sports

										
											* Psychological intervention in specific sports:
										
											
										
											     - Equestrian - Skate hockey. - Basketball - Soccer - Tennis - Golf - Sailing -E. Motor - Atletsime

Methodology

- The directed activities consist of master classes and the oral presentation of works.
										
											
										
											- The supervised activities consist of tutorials that you can request.
										
											
										
											- The autonomous activities consist of reading scientific articles and reports of interest, in the elaboration of works and reports, and in the personal study.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master classes 48 1.92 5, 4, 3, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10, 13
Type: Supervised      
Tutorials 48 1.92 7, 5, 6, 4, 3, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10
Type: Autonomous      
Autonomous activities 123 4.92 7, 5, 6, 4, 3, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10, 13

Assessment

- Students deliver the work / reports where they do the rsum and critical comment of all the views of the module (individually / in pairs).
										
											
										
											- Students carry out a written test in the classroom from the personal study of the contents taught in the lectures and the dossiers provided by the teachers.
										
											
										
											- In the assessment section of the practice, a few minutes will be devoted to qualifying the degree of achievement of the contents of each session.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
written tests 40% 2 0.08 4, 3, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10
Attendance and evaluation of classroom practices 20% 2 0.08 7, 5, 6, 8, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10, 13
Delivery of work / reports 40% 2 0.08 7, 5, 3, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10

Bibliography

Anderson, M. B. (2000). Doing sport psychology. Champaign, Il.: Human Kinetics.

Anderson, A.C., Knowles, Z. & Gilbourne, D. (2004). Reflective practice for Sport psychologist: concepts, models, practical implications, and thoughts on dissemination. The Sport Psychologist 18, 188-203.

Cox, R.H. (2009). Psicología del deporte. Conceptos y sus aplicaciones (6ª Ed). Madrid : Ed. Panamericana.

Dosil, J. (2006) (Ed.). The sport psychologist´s handbook. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.

Horn, T. (2008) (Ed.). Advances in sport psychology. Champaign, Il.: Human Kinetics.

Palmi,J. & Riera,J. (2017). Las competencias del deportista para el rendimiento. Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte,17(1), 13-18. 

Riera,J., Caracuel,J.C.,Palmi,J. & Daza,G.(2017). Psychology and Sport: The athlete’s self skills. APUNTS Educación Física y deportes, 127(1), 82-93

Rotella, B. y Cullen, B. (1999). El golf es el juego de la confianza. Madrid: Tutor.

Weinberg, R.S. & Gould,D. (2015), Fundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 6 th Ed. (Cap.11-16). Cloth Pass/Kycd: Human kinetics.

Williams, J.M. & Krane, V. (2015). (Eds.) Applied Sport Psychology. (7 Ed.). McGraw Hill. Nueva York.