Scenario in sport influenced by psychological factors
Sports Psychology
Assignment 1
Samuel M C H Shum
There are a many factors that can be attributed with the success or the failure of an athlete during a sporting event.
One of the most common argument that supports the success or failure of the athlete is the being the natural or nuchter theory.
The theory argues what has a greater impact upon an individual's upbringing and other factors such as personality and physical strengths and weaknesses.
“New patterns of behavior can be acquired through direct experience or by observing the behavior of others.”Bandura, A. (1977)
The environment in which the individual was exposed to during the development stage of their life …show more content…
British cycling. (2017).
Chris Hoys had already competed in events prior to this olympic games, but it was only during the 2004 games that the desired to start implementing the psychological teachings given to him by Steve Peters. This was so that the could be 100% mentally prepared for the games as well as physically.
The relevance of this is that Chris Hoy looked for help for his performance before participating in the event.
The sports psychologist directly involved with Chris Hoy’s performance was Steve Peters.
Chris was advised by his sports psychologist to use a form of positive thinking and imagery to help him focus on his own performance. This reduced the destruction of the other athlete so that his had greater focus allowing him to have more confidence in his on ability.
This had a positive impact upon Chris Hoys performance, as the has won the gold medal in his event. Steve Peters only suggested to Chris to change his mental preparation before going to his event.
From this Chris Hoy then went ot win his event in 2004, also winning six gold and one silver medals in Beijing 2008 and london 2012. Chris also achieved medals in 11 world …show more content…
“say and evidence why it was good”)
Citations suggestive of better / alternative psychological courses of action that could be taken (i.e. suggest how it could be improved or done differently)
The method in which Steve used to help optimise Chris's performance worked did have a positive outcome. This may be dew to Chris's willingness to try sports psychology to help optimise his performance. His personality the was disciplined, but he was also open to try new methods to help with his performance.
Imagery
‘Imagery means using the senses to create or recreate an experience in one’s mind’ (Burton & Raedeke 2008)
Steve Peters suggested to Chris in 2004 before the olympic games not to focus on the other athletes performance, but to instead visualise his own performance within the time leading up to the
Sports Psychology
Assignment 1
Samuel M C H Shum
There are a many factors that can be attributed with the success or the failure of an athlete during a sporting event.
One of the most common argument that supports the success or failure of the athlete is the being the natural or nuchter theory.
The theory argues what has a greater impact upon an individual's upbringing and other factors such as personality and physical strengths and weaknesses.
“New patterns of behavior can be acquired through direct experience or by observing the behavior of others.”Bandura, A. (1977)
The environment in which the individual was exposed to during the development stage of their life …show more content…
British cycling. (2017).
Chris Hoys had already competed in events prior to this olympic games, but it was only during the 2004 games that the desired to start implementing the psychological teachings given to him by Steve Peters. This was so that the could be 100% mentally prepared for the games as well as physically.
The relevance of this is that Chris Hoy looked for help for his performance before participating in the event.
The sports psychologist directly involved with Chris Hoy’s performance was Steve Peters.
Chris was advised by his sports psychologist to use a form of positive thinking and imagery to help him focus on his own performance. This reduced the destruction of the other athlete so that his had greater focus allowing him to have more confidence in his on ability.
This had a positive impact upon Chris Hoys performance, as the has won the gold medal in his event. Steve Peters only suggested to Chris to change his mental preparation before going to his event.
From this Chris Hoy then went ot win his event in 2004, also winning six gold and one silver medals in Beijing 2008 and london 2012. Chris also achieved medals in 11 world …show more content…
“say and evidence why it was good”)
Citations suggestive of better / alternative psychological courses of action that could be taken (i.e. suggest how it could be improved or done differently)
The method in which Steve used to help optimise Chris's performance worked did have a positive outcome. This may be dew to Chris's willingness to try sports psychology to help optimise his performance. His personality the was disciplined, but he was also open to try new methods to help with his performance.
Imagery
‘Imagery means using the senses to create or recreate an experience in one’s mind’ (Burton & Raedeke 2008)
Steve Peters suggested to Chris in 2004 before the olympic games not to focus on the other athletes performance, but to instead visualise his own performance within the time leading up to the