I’m sure you’ve all noticed that the link to the sport psychology movies in the “Watching a Sport Psychology Movie” assignment in the Apply section for this class doesn’t work.  Prof. Sather says he is aware of it and has yet to find a useful list elsewhere on the web.  I thought it’d be a worthwhile activity for us to work on a group project creating a sport psychology movie list.  If we all contribute a couple of movies then we should have something useful for our class to use for the “Watching a Sport Psychology Movie” assignment and for future classes if Prof. Sather decides to use it. Read more »

 Sports! Sports is a great character building tool the next step is to keep them building their self-confidence and character. Us as role models have a great impact on these children. We have a rare opportunity to teach these kids some amazing things. The book specifies that children who play sports are less likely to get involved in criminal activity. This is because we give them something they need and build good character from the beginning. I am so happy i get to be a part of this. Read more »

I never really set a goal until i was out of high school, the only one i had was to get a scholarship but that failed when i hurt my back. Later on out of high school i learned the benefits of goal setting. Anything i set my mind to I could do pay for my college, start my own business, live in mexico and so on. My issue before was that i didn't know what my goals should be about.  I think this is definitely instilled in you in non-team sports. I began to learn it in swimming. My goal is to bring it into the team sports, and then have a reward in the end like a family BBQ or something of that sort. Teach a child to achieve their goal and they will achieve their dreams. Read more »

Arousal is a benefit but not over arousal. The book gives us ways to regulate arousal by breathing, hypnosis, autogenic training and more. They never said anything about herbs or supplements. Some of the ones I know are St. John's wort for men to help regulate their mood, calcium to relax their whole system, Vitamin C, Valerian root, lavender, Kava Kava, chamomile, licorice and a lot more! Any form of anxiety can be helped with hawthorne berries and skull cap. I know all of this because i worked at GNC for three years and studied everyday so I have no references :) lol. Read more »

Communication is beyond just words just like the book says. There are four kinds verbal, non-verbal, written and visual. I wanted to specify how important it seems to communicate with the crowd and parents a well as the students. Hitting all four of these communications can only be beneficial right? Writing letters to the parents, having team meetings that occasionally allow the parents to attend, keeping our cool on the floor when there is an issue. In other classes I have learned that being confident as a coach and not showing anger, fear or over exaggerating/throwing a fit makes it look as if you belong to run the team.  As someone who is an important role model we must act like one in all of our communications. Read more »

Group dynamics intrigue me, how certain people rise to the top and others at the bottom. This is a very important part of the team but having multiple leaders doesn't have to cause issues. In many sports and PE classes there is a certain way they run. The teacher is at the top then often the person with the best abilities is next or the person with the most powerful voice. The coach/teacher should be the deciding factor but allowing the leaders with the best skills to run some drills and practices will only benefit the coach/teacher. This of course depends on the student.  Read more »

This is a real life scenario I thought I would post and see what kind of feedback I would receive.

"Client A, came to the gym under doctors orders to work on getting into shape after a car accident that caused a back injury. The client does not enjoy working out and lets everyone in the general area know this, via rolling her eyes when asked to complete an exercise, huffing and sighing, and being generally nasty for her training session. What would you do? Would you put up with the behavior/attitude as she is paying you for this? Confront the client about her behavior/attitude issues and see what can be done to correct these and improve the training sessions? Would you give your client to another trainer to see if they have better luck? What would you do?"

    I like to think that the story about Rudy contained three topics out of our book, all three of these topics worked in separate but equal ways. The three topics that this motive portrayed are: motivation, self-confidence and cohesion. Read more »

Now that I am going to be done with school I can focus more on my life, health and fitness. I haven't been able to workout as often as I want,need and should have due to my busy life with work, school and family. I am eager to get back on track to a healthy life.

Goal #1

Get back on a workout schedule that starts at 3 times per week, just to get back into things, and then go to 5 days a week. I atleast want to run every day.

Characteristics: objective, outcome, realistic, specific, time-framed established.

Strength: the strengths of this goal is that I am starting a moderate pace, just like running, you don't want to start out really fast, you want o get a good pace so you can last for a while.

Weakness: just now starting this plan.

Goal # 2 Read more »