Psychological Training in Specific Sports
Code: 43890 ECTS Credits: 9| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity | OB | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Saül Alcaraz García
- Email:
- Desconegut
Teachers
- Joel Guillen Cots
- Eduardo Amblar Burgos
- (External) Aida Castellà
- (External) Aurelio Olmedilla
- (External) Carles Ventura
- (External) Gerard Soriano
- (External) Ivan Bonilla
- (External) Joan Palmi
- (External) Jordi Renom
- (External) Mar Rovira
- (External) Noemi Bonet
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
The Master's own
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the basic characteristics of different sports and the psychological interventions for each type. Drawing on the knowledge acquired in the previous modules, students will develop a basic intervention model that will be adapted to each of the sports' characteristics and requirements.
First, a sports classification will be established, followed by an assessment of the most common psychological assessment and intervention systems applied to each type of sport. Finally, various professional interventions will be developed for sports with different characteristics.
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
- Choose the most suitable techniques for performing interventions in different sports and different populations.
- Choose the most suitable variables and instruments for evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention in different sports.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Interpret the results obtained in the evaluation process in order to improve future interventions.
- 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.
- Summarise and critically synthesise psychological intervention models applicable to different sports.
- Summarise and critically synthesise the characteristics of different sports.
- Synthesise the role of the different factors affecting abandonment in different sports.
- Synthesise the role of the different factors affecting initiation to different sports.
- Synthesise the role of the different factors affecting performance in different sports.
- Work in teams in a coordinated and collaborative way, and show skills in working in interdisciplinary teams.
Content
* Optimal psychological states and intervention models in sports performance psychology.
* Case resolution models
* Sports classification.
* Psychological moments and characteristics of sports.
* Psychological assessment systems in specific sports.
* Psychological interventions in specific sports:
Hockey - Basketball - Football - Tennis - Golf - Sailing - Motorsports - Athletics - eSports - Taekwondo - Swimming - Artistic Sports - Mountain Sports - Triathlon
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Master classes | 48 | 1.92 | 5, 3, 4, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10, 13 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 48 | 1.92 | 7, 5, 6, 3, 4, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Autonomous activities | 123 | 4.92 | 7, 5, 6, 3, 4, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10, 13 |
- Directed activities consist of lectures, preferably in person, classroom exercises, and oral presentations.
- Supervised activities consist of tutorial sessions that students may request.
- Autonomous activities consist of reading scientific articles and reports of interest, writing papers and reports, and personal study.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ev1: Attendance and evaluation of classroom practices | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 7, 5, 6, 8, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10, 13 |
| Ev2: Delivery of work / reports | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 7, 5, 3, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10 |
| Ev3: Written exam | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 3, 4, 8, 9, 1, 2, 12, 11, 10 |
- Sstudents will deliver class exercises related to the topics covered in the module and those will be commented in the sessions (Ev1). Some of these tasks will be carried out individually and others in small groups.
- Throughout the semester, students will prepare a report with the key content learned in each session and their critical reflections on the content and methodologies seen in class (Ev2). This work can be done individually or in pairs, and will be presented through the Virtual Campus no later than during the week of May 25 to 29, 2026. The report will be evaluated using a rubric, which students will know in advance, and, once their work has been corrected, they will be able to know the scores obtained in each criterion.
- The students will take an individual written exam in the classroom, based on their personal study of the content taught in lectures and files provided by the teachers (Ev3). This exam will be based on cas resolution and will take place the week of May 25 to 29, 2026. This will be evaluated using a rubric, which students will know in advance. Once the tests have been corrected, students will be able to see the scores obtained in each criterion at the time of revision.
To pass the course, students must obtain a mark of 5/10 on each of the three assessment blocks. If an student fails one or more of these blocks, he/she will need to retake them to be in the position to pass the course.
Summary of the feedback given to each activity:
| Type of feedback | EV and TYPE | WEEK |
| Written | ||
| Digital tool | EV2 and EV3 | W18 and W19 |
| In class | EV1 | Throuout the semester |
| Tutorial session | EV2 and EV3 | W18 and W19 |
Single evaluation:
This subject does not provide for the single evaluation system.
Note on the use of artifical intelligence:
In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not allowed in any of its phases. Any work that includes fragments generated with AI will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
Bibliography
Key bibliography:
Beauchamp, M. R., & Eys, M. A. (2014). Group Dynamics in Exercise and Sport Psychology. Routledge.
Castillo, S., L., Wooding, C. B., Barba, D. A., Chroni, A. (2022). Building Consulting Skills for Sport and Performance Psychology: An International Case Study Collection. Routledge.
Bertollo, M., Filho, E., & Terry, P. C. (2021). Advancements in Mental Skills Training (ISSP Key Issues in Sport and Exercise Psychology). Routledge.
Hemmings, B., & Holder, T. (2009). Applied Sport Psychology: A Cased-Based Approach: A Case-Based Approach. Wiley.
Keegan, R. (2015). Being a Sport Psychologist. Bloomsbury Academic
Latinjak, A. T., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2021). The Knowledge Map of Sport and Exercise Psychology: An Integrative Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 661824. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661824
Tod, D., & Eubank, M. (2020). Applied Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: Current Approaches to Helping Clients. Routledge.
Turner, M., & Baker, J. (2014). Tipping The Balance: The Mental Skills Handbook For Athletes. Bennion Kearny Limited.
Wagstaff, C. R.D. (2016). The Organizational Psychology of Sport: Key Issues and Practical Applications. Routledge.
Additional bibliography:
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.
Dixon, J. G., Baker, J. B., Thelwell, R. C., & Mitchell, I. (2020). The Psychology of Soccer. Routledge.
Dosil, J. (2006) (Ed.). The sport psychologist´s handbook. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
Mujika,I., Halson,S., Burke,M.L., Balagué, G., & Farrow,D. (2018). An Integrated, Multifactorial Approach to Periodizationfor Optimal Performance in Individual and Team Sports. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 13, 538-561
Palmi,J. (2022), El estado óptimo de Rendimiento y autorregulación del deporitsta. En P.Jodrá, J.hernandez, F.Arbinaga. Actas del XVII Congreso Nacional de psiologia de psicologia de l'Actividad f´sicia y del deporte. (p.25-28). Santander: FEPD.
Palmi, J., Alcubierre, N., Gil Moreno de Mora, G., Reig, F., & Planas-Anzano, A. (2021).4BR: Educational Training Programme for the Prevention of Sports Injuries in Young Athletes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 5487.
Rotella, B. & Cullen, B. (1999). El golf es el juego de la confianza. Madrid: Tutor.
Weinberg, R.S. & Gould,D. (2018), Fundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 7 th Ed. (Cap.11-16). Cloth Pass/Kycd: Human kinetics.
Williams, J.M. & Krane, V. (2020). (Eds.) Applied Sport Psychology. (8 Ed.). McGraw Hill. Nueva York.
Software
Not applicable
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | afternoon |