Mental Preparation for Training and Competition

Gould, Daniel; Flett, M. Ryan; Bean, Eric

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“…It is clear that coaches have special needs of their own and would benefit from PST programming specifically designed for them (Vealey, 1988 Finally, the results from our review showed a balance between the research employed in training and competition settings. This is an encouraging finding, because sport psychology research (Gould, Flett, & Bean, 2009) has exposed the equivalent importance of training and competition in psychological preparation. Further research should explore more fully the use and effects of PST in different time frames (before, during and after) of both environments.…”

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Psychological Skills Training Applied to Soccer: A Systematic Review Based on Research Methodologies

Freitas¹,

Dias²,

Fonseca³

2013

RES

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The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies on psychological skills training (PST) applied to soccer from 1980 until the end of 2012. A total of 28 studies were evaluated and reported in five sections: year overview and journals, research designs, data collection, sample characteristics and PST focus category. PST articles applied to soccer were spread throughout a wide range of journals and had a considerable growth during the 2008-12 period. Results also indicated that most of the research on PST applied to soccer was experimental, longitudinal and combined quantitative and qualitative data. Furthermore, the majority of studies focused on non-elite players with a age under 16 and were conducted in North American countries.Critical and innovative reflections were made in order to highlight potential research gaps and to suggest new perspectives for further investigation.

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Psychological Skills Training Applied to Soccer: A Systematic Review Based on Research Methodologies

Freitas¹,

Dias²,

Fonseca³

2013

RES

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“…The argument of Anderson et al () who proposed that the exposition to lies in actual daily life is (at least partly) responsible for the shift in response tendency when lie detection is concerned does not hold for these different response tendencies between the two laypeople groups: It is not reasonable that police recruits are confronted more often in daily life with thefts compared with students. On the other side, it is known that awareness can be raised by mentally preparing (Gould, Flett, & Bean, ) for a task. We argue that police recruits might be mentally more prepared because of their high motivation to perform well.…”

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‘Who's the Thief?’ The Influence of Knowledge and Experience on Early Detection of Criminal Intentions

Koller

Wetter

Hofer

2015

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Our study investigates if people are able to recognize thieves based on their nonverbal behavior prior to committing the crime. We implemented authentic closed-circuit television footage from thefts committed at an international airport into a computer-based test. Five groups of participants (students, police recruits, inexperienced police officers, experienced police officers, and criminal investigators) were studied. The results show that criminals display nonverbal behavior that can be used by observers for early recognition of criminal intentions. In addition, early recognition seems to benefit from knowledge about the criminals' modi operandi (criminal investigators performed best), which renders early recognition teachable and trainable. Further, all participants seem to be biased towards innocence, but this bias was less pronounced in police officers than in students. These findings are discussed in relation to the well-documented truth-bias and investigator-bias in lie detection research as well as taking our measurement method into account.

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“…Time and effort has to be dedicated to the training of psychological skills and psychological preparation must be seen as one of the components of the coaching methodology. Gould et al (2009) stated that psychological preparation is not the only critical factor that determines sport performance. Rather, psychological preparation has to be seen in a broader perspective, according to social and motivational environment where the athlete exists.…”

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“…Although most of the coaches recognize the importance of psychological preparation and view the training of psychological skills as one of the tools to help athletes to reach maximal performance (Gould, Flett, & Bean, 2009;Leffingwell, Durand-Bush, Wurzberger & Cada, 2005;S. B. Martin, 2005), some coaches can be unwilling to try specific psychological techniques or express negative viewpoints towards using a sport psychologist.…”

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“…In order to achieve this understanding, Caruso (2004) suggested that coaches should learn the basic science of sport psychology. This could be an important step to overcome the lack of scientific and technical intervention and, simultaneously, avoid trial-and-error learning as stated by Gould et al (2009). In this regard, several studies have been conducted to examine the coaches' level of knowledge on sport psychology (Gould et al, 1999;Sullivan & Hodge, 1991).…”

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Elite Disability Sport Coaches’ Views on Sport Psychology

Bastos¹,

Corredeira²,

Probst³

et al. 2014

IJPS

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Although the coach is a key element in the psychological preparation of the athletes, few is known about what coaches from disability sport context think about the importance of psychological preparation. Therefore, this study aimed to explore: 1) the educational background of disability sport coaches, 2) the perceptions of the coaches on the importance of psychological preparation for their athletes, and 3) the opinions of the coaches regarding the role of sport psychologists. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Portuguese elite disability sport coaches (n=10; male=8 and female=2; swimming =4, track and field=2, boccia=3 and rowing=1) included in the Paralympic Project London 2012. Standard qualitative methodology and content analysis were used to analyse the data. The participants revealed an educational background in sport sciences and in sport psychology. A high status of sport psychology and psychological preparation also emerged from the data. Full receptiveness to work with sport psychologists was exhibited, although some participants mentioned barriers to sport psychologists' intervention (e.g., coach awareness, athlete receptiveness, time, finances). In general, the findings of this study highlighted the importance of sport psychology in Portuguese disability sport.

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Mental Preparation for Training and Competition

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Psychological Skills Training Applied to Soccer: A Systematic Review Based on Research Methodologies

Psychological Skills Training Applied to Soccer: A Systematic Review Based on Research Methodologies

‘Who's the Thief?’ The Influence of Knowledge and Experience on Early Detection of Criminal Intentions

Elite Disability Sport Coaches’ Views on Sport Psychology

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