A Career In Sports Psychology

Sports psychologists study athletes to find out what motivates them to keep playing and pushing. In order to effectively treat an athlete, a sports psychologist must first be able to identify the issue that the athlete is having, whether it be a personal issue going on at home, a motivation issue, recovering from an injury, regardless of the severity. Essentially, sports psychology combines a passion for psychology and sports medicine to conduct research and apply their finding to treat the athlete mentally and emotionally.
Just about every position available as a sports psychologist requires at least a master’s or doctorate degree in clinical psychology, sports psychology or counseling. Because this is such a new field of psychology, not very many schools offer a sports psychology program in Georgia. Depending on the school, certain programs may require an internship during a student’s graduate studies, or during their post- graduate studies. Sports psychologists must have the ability to make sound judgements without bias, be able to …show more content…
There are sports psychology programs out there but they aren’t everywhere. While the career of sports psychology does sound interesting to me, the career path I am interested is not very psychology related. While I do enjoy sports, I don’t actively enjoy them too often. Because of this, this type of career would not be best suited for me. While I had thought about possibly becoming some type of psychologist or counselor at some point for quite some time, I decided to change the course of my future career after working with Valdosta State University’s Housing and Residence Life Department by choosing to pursue a master’s degree in higher education leadership and administration. I love interacting with and being around college students and pursuing an educational leadership degree will allow me to do so in capacities such as advising, student life, housing and residence