THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESSFUL COMPETING: A 5-HOUR WORKSHOP

This workshop presents an outline of the essential factors involved with successful pre-competition and competition strategies. It serves a primary function of stimulating athletes and coaches to think about items which are important to consider in the competitive situation.

Prospective Audience

Serious athletes, coaches, and applied sport psychologists.

1. Essential Features of Competition Psychology.
   • Positive thinking.
   • Content decision making.
   • Self-fulfilling prophecy.
   • The coping skill.
   • Periodic goals during performance.
2. The Structure of Competition Strategies
   • Wake-up procedures.
   • Normal planned routine.
   • At the venue.
   • Contest build-up routine.
   • Segmenting the event.
   • Contest initiation.
   • Psychological build-up.
   • Task-relevant thinking.
   • Positive self-statements.
   • Cue words.
   • Coping strategies.
   • De-briefing.
3. Psychological Actions
   • How to do performance-enhancement imagery.
   • How to practice positive imagery.
   • How to achieve maximum readiness states.

Materials

A master copy of a 25-page workbook which needs to be reproduced and distributed to participants will be supplied.

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