SP6062 - Sport Psychology: Practical Application in the Real World (2024/25)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | ||||||||||||
| Module title | Sport Psychology: Practical Application in the Real World | ||||||||||||
| Module level | Honours (06) | ||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | ||||||||||||
| School | School of Human Sciences | ||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | ||||||||||||
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| Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
This module is focused on the practical skills required for a sport psychologist to operate in the real world. Beginning from data acquisition, through meeting and managing new clients, to client assessment and effective interventions to improve or enhance the sporting environment for participants.
Having developed the background theoretical knowledge from previous modules the student will now understand how the working sport psychologist prepares the ground for either sport psychology research or a sound client-psychologist relationship. The module will include working with current and/or former sports people.
This module provides students with the tools required to progress to higher educational studies or enter the sporting employment market with a range of theoretical and practical skills and experiences behind them.
Prior learning requirements
Prerequisite SP6052 must have been taken
Available for Study Abroad? NO
Syllabus
Persistence, perfection and obsession (LO1)
Data collection in sport psychology (LO2, LO3, LO4)
Psychological intervention (needs analysis and intervention) (LO2, LO3, LO4)
Neuro-linguistic programming (LO1, LO3, LO4)
Applied sport psychology (communication and rapport) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Skills in managing clients (listening and interviewing) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Cognitive and somatic control strategies (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
The basic structure to teaching and learning will involve a theory driven lecture supported by an interactive practical seminar. Lectures will provide the essential theoretical base, whereas seminars offer students the opportunity to discuss this knowledge and its relevance to practice. Reflective practice is a continuous element as an important employability strand and driving force in personal development.
Learning outcomes
LO 1: Demonstrate the effectiveness of mental skills in a practical environment
LO 2: Produce a considered and coordinated mental skills programme
LO 3: Manage data collection and needs analysis for a sporting client
LO 4: Derive an effective solution for a client from self-collected data