Sport Psychology certificate
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- Certificate of completion - Free
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Description
The course is designed for home study or distance learning and is comprised of comprehensive printed course notes presented in an A4 ring binder, together with course assignments and study guide. Tutor support and a student helpline facility are integral to the course, and students have a full 12 months in which to complete their studies. Actual study time will be of the order of 90-100 hours.
The course is divided up into six study units, each with one tutor marked assignment to be completed. Each assignment contains approx 8-10 written tasks to be completed which are then submitted to a subject tutor for marking. Where required assignments can be re-submitted after amendment in the event that the assessment standards are not full met on first submission
The course units and topics are as follows:
Unit 1 – Introduction to Sport Psychology
- What is sport psychology?
- The role of a sport psychologist
- A brief history of sport psychology
- An overview of psychology
Unit 2 – How Personality, Attitudes and Behaviour Affect Sporting Performance
- Personality
- Theories on personality
- Methods of measuring personality
- The links between personality and sport involvement and performance
- Personality profiling
- Attitudes
- Origins of attitude
- Triadic model of attitude formation
- Changing attitudes
- How attitudes influence behaviour
- Behaviour
- Aggressive behaviour
- Antecedents of aggression
- Theories of aggression
- How aggression affects sporting performance
- Combating aggression
Unit 3 – How the State Of Mind Affects Sporting Performance
- Emotions
- Arousal
- Theories of arousal
- How arousal affects sporting performance
- Anxiety
- How anxiety affects sporting performance
- Stress
- Causes of stress
- Measuring stress
- Stress Management
- Physical relaxation
- Imagery
- Focus
Unit 4 – How Motivation Goal Setting and Confidence Affect Sporting Performance
- Theories of motivation
- How motivation affects sporting performance
- Developing a motivational climate
- Goal setting
- Confidence building
Unit 5 - Social Influence in Sport
- How spectators affect sporting performance
- Research on audience effects
- Coping with audience effects
- The effects of co-action on sporting performance
- The home advantage phenomenon
- Teams and groups
- Factors that affect group performances
- Leadership
- Leadership characteristics
- Theories of leadership
Unit 6 - Psychological Skills Training
- Psychological skills training
- A Psychological skills training Programme
- An orientation phase,
- An analysis phase
- A planning phase
- An implementation phase
- An evaluation phase
Who is this course for?
This programme is designed for people who wish to study the effect and impact of psychology in sport. Specifically it aims to provide the skills to improve sporting performance through consideration and application of psychological principles with sporting participants.
Requirements
There are no study pre-requirements as the course is intended for learners who have not studied this topic beforehand.
Career path
The course is suited to anyone active in sport or sport coaching and management who wishes to gain abetter understanding of the psychology of sport as part of making a career in sport.
Questions and answers
Can I please have a complete unpacking of the course content and duration. Is this a diploma course and is it accredited.
Answer:The full course content of six units and the syllabus of each is listed on Reed's site. The course is certificated by ABC Awards, a leading awarding body, and leads to a Level 3 Sport Psycholoogy cerrificate.
This was helpful.What qualification do you receive on completion of this course? And is there a test at the end?
Answer:The courses is assessed throgh a series of tutor marked assignments, completed at the end of each study unit and submitted by email (or post) There is no end test to this course. On completion, successful students are awarded a Sport Psychology certificate level 3, issued by ABC Awards, a recognised UK Awarding Organisation.
This was helpful.what if I am unable to complete the course within specified time? Do I get extension How much? Or I go to pay extra for the same?
Answer:Course come with a 12 month support period, but if required this can be extended by a further 12 months, for which there is a charge of £60. Regards,
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