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Sports Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:25.10.2024 12:46:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LSPA_081 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science; Sport Pedagogy | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Žermēna Vazne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 14 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The 1st level of higher education or an academic Bachelor’s degree in sports science has been obtained, or study courses in general and developmental psychology, general pedagogy have been mastered. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with knowledge on sports psychology and psychological preparation of athletes, as well as to promote the development of awareness of psychological skills, their development and use in the athlete’s career, by deepening understanding of the activities of a sports specialist in integrative preparation of athletes and providing psychological support to athletes. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Sports psychology as science, historical view of its development; general and special psychological fitness of athletes | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Psychological aspects of athletes’ physical, technical and tactical fitness | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Psychological skills of athletes and opportunities for their improvement (self-motivation, goal-setting, visualisation, positive inner voice, ideomotor training) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Athletes’ pre-start states and their psychoemotional characteristics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Using routine actions and psychological skills to optimise pre-start states | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Group dynamics in sports. Team cohesion. The foundations of the pyramid of success in team sports. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Psychological support of athletes in the context of old age. Tests of the Vienna test system in sports psychology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Sports psychology as science, historical view of its development; general and special psychological fitness of athletes | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Psychological aspects of athletes’ physical, technical and tactical fitness | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Psychological skills of athletes and opportunities for their improvement (self-motivation, goal-setting, visualisation, positive inner voice, ideomotor training) | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Athletes’ pre-start states and their psychoemotional characteristics | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Using routine actions and psychological skills to optimise pre-start states | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Group dynamics in sports. Team cohesion. The foundations of the pyramid of success in team sports. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Psychological support of athletes in the context of old age. Tests of the Vienna test system in sports psychology. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. Analysis of one general and one specific psychological preparation task; 2. Analysis of a freely selected athletes’ mental skill and assessment of improvement opportunities (self-motivation, goal-setting, visualisation, positive inner voice, ideomotor training, etc.). 3. Assessment of athletes’ pre-start states and pre-start routine using video analysis. 4. Compatibility and unity, its improvement in a sports team/group. Independent learning with a presentation: Content of psychological support for athletes of a given age group in two selected athletic disciplines. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The total assessment is summative: 1. Analysis of one general and one specific psychological preparation task; 2. Analysis of a freely selected athletes’ psychological skill and assessment of improvement opportunities (self-motivation, goal-setting, visualisation, positive inner voice, ideomotor training, etc.). 3. Assessment of athletes’ pre-start states and pre-start routine using video analysis. 4. Compatibility and unity, its improvement in a sports team/group. Independent learning with a presentation: Content of psychological support for athletes of a given age group in two selected athletic disciplines. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Will know the nature and formation of sports psychology. 2. Will know the tasks of general and special psychological preparation of athletes; 3. Know the link between psychological preparation and physical, technical and tactical fitness of athletes; 4. Knows the main psychological skills of athletes and the possibilities for improving them. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 1. Knows how to evaluate the possibilities of using psychological skills in optimising athletes’ pre-start states. 2. Knows how to discuss the social traits of psychological fitness in team sports. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 1. Knows how to analyse athletes’ pre-start states. 2. Knows how to analyse and develop psychological support content for athletes in a selected athletic discipline. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vazne Ž. Sporta psiholoģija. Psiholoģija (3) Mārtinsone, K., Milltuze, A. (red). R: Zvaigzne ABC. 2015. | ||||||||
| 2 | Weinberg, R. S. & Gould, D. Foundations of sport and exercise psychology. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2015. | ||||||||
| 3 | Burton D., Raedeke T.D. Sport Psychology for Coaches, Human kinetics, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Ābele A. Sporta psiholoģija. Teorija un prakse. R: RaKa, 2021. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 6 | Weinberg, R. S. & Gould, D. Foundations of sport and exercise psychology. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Burton D., Raedeke T.D. Sport Psychology for Coaches, Human kinetics, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Deleon D.J. High Performance Sport Skill Instruction, Training and Coaching: 9 Principles for Athletes to Flow and Get in the Zone. DDJ publishing, 2022. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vazne Ž, Eikena D, Simoņenkova I, Ulme G. Metodiskie ieteikumi sporta psihologa darbam. Rīga: LSPA, 2022. | ||||||||
| 3 | Ābele. A Sporta psiholoģijas pamati. Izdevniecība RaKa, 2009. | ||||||||
| 4 | Karageorghis, C., & Terry, P. Inside Sport Psychology. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2011. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 6 | Deleon D.J. High Performance Sport Skill Instruction, Training and Coaching: 9 Principles for Athletes to Flow and Get in the Zone. DDJ publishing, 2022. | ||||||||
| 7 | Karageorghis, C., & Terry, P. Inside Sport Psychology. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2011. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of Applied Sport Psychology | ||||||||
| 2 | International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | ||||||||
| 3 | Psychology of sport and exercise, journal. | ||||||||
