BSE309: Identify an Intact, Competitive Sports Team of Your Choice- Applied Sport Psychology Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Question

Identify an intact, competitive sports team of your choice (e.g. tennis doubles team, soccer team). Assess, teach and evaluate the application of mental skills via this mini-project:

(a) Using a validated and reliable profiling scale or tool, assess the team’s mental skills or factors that are known to influence sporting performance. Summarise the assessment results and identify this particular team’s weakest skill or factor.

NOTE: Make sure that you justify your choice of scale or tool based on empirical research studies. (Word limit: 300 words)

(b) For the weakest mental skill or factor identified in (a) above, develop TWO (2) different intervention methods for the purpose of performance enhancement. Justify your answer with support from relevant evidence-based research. (Word limit: 450 words)

(c) Based on the intervention methods established from (b) above, outline a detailed lesson plan (with relevant PowerPoint™ slides and handouts) of how you would prepare a half-hour mini-workshop on any ONE (1) mental skill or technique. (Word limit: 450 words)

(d) Evaluate the perceived effectiveness of the mental skill or technique used by the team of athletes using a quantitative survey method. (Word limit: 300 words)

Additional Notes to Students:

The following are the recommended steps for working on this ECA assignment:

1. Understanding the expectations from this assignment

The objective of this assignment is to enable you to

(a) assess the mental skills competency of a targeted group of athletes,

(b) research into the different possible intervention methods support my research for the purpose of performance enhancement,

(c) design and plan the delivery of an appropriate mini-workshop on a particular mental skill or technique to your intended target group of athletes, and

(d) evaluate the perceived effectiveness of the skill or technique applied in practice or competition. This is an individual project. It is designed to help you have a greater understanding of applied sport psychology, develop problem-solving and research skills, as well as enhance your ability to communicate in an organised manner.

2. Assess the mental skills of a target group of athletes

Identify an appropriate psychometric scale or tool that may be used to assess the mental skills of a targeted group of athletes. Make sure the scale or tool chosen has reasonable reliability and validity qualities based on the research literature. Assess the mental skills of a target group of athletes you have identified for this project.

Based on the weakest mental skills assessed on this group of athletes, identify which of the following relevant applied sport psychology skill may be useful for further development through your literature review:

• Goal-setting
• Concentration / Focus
• Imagery
• Confidence building
• Self-talk
• Coping with challenges
• Composure
• Cohesion / Teamwork