SP6062 - Sport Psychology: Practical Application in the Real World (2023/24)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2023/24 | ||||||||||||
| 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 2023/24(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
Assessment strategy
Assessments have been designed to provide students with a diverse range of tasks that maintain interest and encourage engagement. This breadth also ensures the development of a greater number of key skills pertinent to employability. The even dispersion of assessments across the year ensures a manageable workload.
Assessment (001) will be in the form of a presentation which will allow the student to select a mental skill and a sporting environment. The assessment will be a verbal powerpoint presentation of how a specific mental skill can be integrated into a specific training environment.
Assessment (002) will see the student collect and manage their own data from a real sports person. This will enable them to follow the process through from data collection, management and needs analysis to intervention. A final case study write-up will be produced and submitted at the end of the module.