LEARN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
Begin with a question. Explore the evidence. Apply it to a sporting situation you understand.
11 of 11 modules · Explore at your own pace
Mental skills
Interactive practice + worksheetConfidence is a broad belief in one’s capability, while self-efficacy concerns belief about performing a particular task in a particular situation.
Mental skills
Interactive practice + worksheetSelf-talk includes the words and phrases athletes direct toward themselves, whether spoken aloud or experienced internally.
Mental skills
Interactive practice + worksheetImagery is the deliberate creation or recreation of sensory experiences without performing the complete physical action.
Mind & behaviour
Interactive practice + worksheetMotivation concerns the direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour. Goals translate broader purposes into specific targets for action.
Pressure & focus
Interactive practice + worksheetArousal refers to activation; stress involves perceived demands and resources; anxiety includes cognitive concern and physiological responses.
Pressure & focus
Interactive practice + worksheetAttention is the selective allocation of mental resources; concentration is the ability to sustain or deliberately shift that focus as performance demands change.
Mind & behaviour
Interactive practice + worksheetSteve Peters’ model uses three functional metaphors for rapid emotional reactions, deliberate evidence-based choices and stored beliefs, memories and habits.
Pressure & focus
Interactive practice + worksheetA pre-performance routine is a deliberately practised sequence of thoughts and actions used immediately before executing a specific skill.
Pressure & focus
Interactive practice + worksheetPsychological momentum is a perceived change in movement toward or away from an important performance goal, often following a salient event or sequence.
Teams & wellbeing
Interactive practice + worksheetCohesion concerns a group’s unity around task and social needs. Leadership is the process through which formal and informal members influence the group toward shared goals.
Teams & wellbeing
Interactive practice + worksheetRecognise exhaustion, reduced accomplishment and sport devaluation, and distinguish educational support from clinical assessment.
12 fictional composite cases. Multiple sports. Questions for undergraduate analysis and postgraduate critique.
GO A LITTLE DEEPER
Eight teaching articles connect research with fictional Caribbean sporting situations. Each links to a guided video activity, interactive practice and a printable worksheet.
Move from picturing a perfect result to rehearsing the information, choices and responses that a sporting task requires.
Connect a meaningful sporting ambition to actions that fit school, travel, practice opportunities and recovery.
Separate what an athlete feels, what the experience means to them and what they can do next.
Build an attentional cue around information the athlete needs, then evaluate its use in context.
Keep the model's reflective language while examining its limits as a scientific explanation.
Examine a sequence without confusing observed performance, perceived momentum and a causal explanation.
Connect cohesion to the sporting task and make leadership responsibilities visible across the group.
Notice concerns, begin a respectful conversation and understand when qualified or urgent support is needed.
FROM CONCEPT TO COURSEWORK
Pair a module with a worksheet, a case or a course activity. Select strategies for the athlete and context, then evaluate the response.
Educational learning materials support study; they do not replace individual assessment or clinical care.