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About Study Course

Department: Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Credit points / ECTS:1.33 / 2
Course supervisor:Žermēna Vazne
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Sports Trainer
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Sports Science; Sport Pedagogy

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.

Prerequisites

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.

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.

Competence

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.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Sports science, SpZ 7Bachelor’sLimited choiceŽermēna Vazne, Agita Ābele
Sports science, SpZNn 9Bachelor’sRequiredŽermēna Vazne