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Professional Experiences in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Code: 43892 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity OB 2

Contact

Name:
Yago Ramis Laloux
Email:
Yago.Ramis@uab.cat

Teachers

Antonio Estrella Arraez
Laia Bertran Gracia
Joel Guillen Cots
Iván Bonilla Gorrindo
Eduardo Amblar Burgos
(External) Aida Castellà
(External) Ana Merayo
(External) Beatriz Galilea
(External) Joan A. Rovira
(External) Jordi Renom
(External) Josep Font
(External) Noemí Bonet
(External) Pau Mas
(External) Vicenç Raluy

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

There is not.


Objectives and Contextualisation

The aim of this module is to learn, analyse and assess different experiences and professional careers in the field of sport psychology and physical activity. In the module, the student must analyse the trajectory of different professionals with accredited experience and comparatively assess academic and training trajectories, perspectives of professional philosophy, professional trajectory and compatibility, and the evolution in work approaches. In addition, the student must design and plan their own professional career in the field of sports psychology and physical activity.


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.
  • Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
  • 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.
  • Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
  • Show skills in interpersonal relations with sports agents (trainers, judges, managers, sportspersons and fans) and the families of school-age sportspersons.
  • Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.
  • Work in teams in a coordinated and collaborative way, and show skills in working in interdisciplinary teams.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse the effects of sports activity on the health and well-being of practitioners of sports and exercise.
  2. Choose the most suitable intervention techniques for performing psychological interventions in the field of sport and exercise.
  3. Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
  4. Critically analyse sport psychology interventions performed on the basis of different theoretical approaches.
  5. Evaluate the effects of psychological interventions and identify deficiencies in the design of the interventions.
  6. Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  7. Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
  8. Show skills in interpersonal relations with sports agents (trainers, judges, managers, sportspersons and fans) and the families of school-age sportspersons.
  9. Synthesise the role of the different psychological processes in adult sports practitioners' performance and abandonment.
  10. Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.
  11. Work in teams in a coordinated and collaborative way, and show skills in working in interdisciplinary teams.

Content

1. Training and studies for accessing professional practice in sports and physical activity psychology

2. Professional career. From first experiences to consolidation

3. Working models

4. Philosophical, theoretical and methodological approach in professional practice

5. Analysis of practical cases

6. Developing a Career Model


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master classes and presentation of works. 35 1.4 1, 7, 6, 2, 11, 10
Type: Supervised      
Work tutorials 10 0.4 4, 5, 8, 3, 2
Type: Autonomous      
Reading articles and reports of interest. Preparation of works and reports 98 3.92 4, 7, 8, 6, 3, 11, 10

The methodology of the subject will be based on the coordinated development of a series of activities (directed, supervised and autonomous) that will guide the student towards the achievement of learning outcomes.

Directed activities:

The guided teaching sessions of the subject will consist of synchronous virtual master classes by teachers and the presentation of reports by students.

Supervised activities:

Monitoring virtually of students' work.

Autonomous activities:

Study. Confrontation of the material provided to the master class with the chapters of the manuals of the subject and with the recommended articles. Development of schemes and summaries. Written preparation of reports on the professional experiences presented in the sessions.

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
Oral presentation of the own professional model 34% 3 0.12 4, 7, 8, 6, 2, 10
Report of the own professional model 50% 2 0.08 4, 1, 7, 8, 6, 3, 2
Student Portfolio 16% 2 0.08 5, 3, 9, 11, 10

COURSE ASSESSMENT
Assessment for this course will be based on 3 learning evidences:

  • EV1: Student portfolio including reports and assignments based on the professional experiences presented in class.

  • EV2: Personal professional model report, evaluating examples discussed in class and developing a personal approach to the type of professional and model of practice the student wishes to pursue.

  • EV3: Brief presentation of the personal professional model developed in EV2.

USE OF AI (prohibited use):
In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not allowed at any stage.

Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or full penalty on the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

FEEDBACK:
Assessment feedback will be provided in tutorial sessions during weeks 11 and 12.


Bibliography

Keegan, R. (2020). Being a Sport Psychologist (1ª ed.). Bloomsbury Academic

Latinjak, A. T. (2024). PsychMapping in Sport, Exercise, and Performance: An Applied Approach (1ª ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003453833

Poczwardowski, A., Sherman, C. P., & Ravizza, K. (2004). Professional Philosophy in the Sport Psychology Service Delivery : Building on Theory and Practice. The Sport Psychologist, 18, 445–463.

Tod, D., Hodge, K., & Krane, V. (Eds.). (2023). Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners (2a ed.). Routledge.

Williams, J. M., & Krane, V. (Eds.). (2021). Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance (8a ed.). McGraw‑Hill Education.


Software

No aplicable.


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 Spanish first semester afternoon