Sport Psychology

QCE Physical Education (2019)

ACHPER Conference 2018

Me• HPE Head of Department (Yeppoon SHS from 2013)

• Currently HPE Head of Department at Stretton State College

• Textbook author – Macmillan Physical Education QCE Units 1 &2 and Units 3 & 4

• QCAA PE syllabus Expert Writing Team

• Co-presented the QCAA PE Implementation Workshops

• Marker in PE External Exam Trial

• Presenter at ACHPER CQ

YouYears teaching PE Experience

0-5 years Never

6-10 years 0-3 years

11-15 years 4-7 years

16-20 years 7-10 years

21+ years 10+ years

Learning Goals

• Understand sport psychology concepts and techniques

• Discuss strategies to integrate sport psychology into learning experiences

• Create and share new ideas for implementation of Unit 2, Topic 1

Today’s session is designed to utilise the expertise in the room through facilitated discussion

Success Criteria

You will know you are successful if you can:

• Use the syllabus subject matter to develop learning experiences

• Recognise and explain select psychological concepts and principles

• Identify ways to gather purposeful primary data through integration of psychological concepts and techniques in a movement activity

• Use the inquiry process to enhance teaching and learning of sport psychology

INQUIRY PROCESSStage One Stage Two Stage Three

Evidenced in Sports Psychology subject matter of 2019 QCAA Physical Education syllabus

QCAA PE Syllabus

ENGAGE AND UNDERSTAND

Unit 2, Topic 1 Description, stage 1:

Recognise and explain the concepts and principles about sport psychology through purposeful and authentic learning in and about a selected physical activity

• Psychological Concept: Motivation

• Mental Rehearsal Techniques

• Psychological Technique: Mindfulness and meditation

• Gathering primary data on the influence of psychological techniques

2010 Physical Education: Psychology

• Focus Area A: Learning physical skills – How are skills learned, implemented, maintained and enhanced?

• “For students to be intelligent performers, they must be able to do more than just reproduce physical responses. They need to know and understand how physical responses can be improved… Students need to be able to apply… psychological strategies… to maximise their own and their team’s performance potential.” (page 11)

2010 Psychology Subject MatterPsychology How can an understanding of psychology theory influence participation,

learning of and performance in physical activities?

• Motivation, arousal and performance

• Information processing team dynamics

• Investigate how the arousal levels of different performers affect skill learning

• Select strategies to improve team dynamics and enhance performance• Conduct an intervention strategy and then examine the effect of the

intervention on the playing performance of others (perform pre- and post-intervention tests)

• Investigate the potential outcomes of various psychology/coaching approaches on performance

Extension subject matter• Goal setting • Communication • Anxiety • Imagery and visualisation

2019 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT 2, TOPIC 1: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

WHAT IS NEW?

• Assessment

• Teaching and learning

• Sports Psychology subject matter

• Physical activities

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPT - MOTIVATION

• recognise and explain the concept of motivation as a continuum, from extrinsic to intrinsic

• identify and explore the impact of motivation, confidence, arousal, attention, concentration and team dynamics on personal performance in the selected physical activity

QCAA, 2018

Motivation Continuum

What is behind Tomic's feeble effort and "don't care attitude"? In my professional view it is the byproduct of a motivational mindset that is insufficient to deal with the pressures of professional tennis over the long term. Many young players aspire to success and the rewards that accompany that success. But my experience is that motivation based on gaining external rewards, while initially successful, is not sustainable over time.

None of us have total control over winning and the attainment of external rewards. This lack of control (losing) ultimately leads to low self-confidence and self-belief, fluctuations in mood states, and a motivational and emotional roller coaster. Inevitably we see what we saw in Tomic's Wimbledon performance. It is similar for those of us choosing a job solely for the money. It might be OK for a while, but we soon find it impossible to enjoy the job, lose motivation and end up looking for something else to do.

Tennis should be child’s play for Bernard Tomic

Jeff Bond, The Age, 9th July 2017

CREDIT TO Jim Kwikhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMhcfJM7pi0

Psychological Techniques

Influence

of mental

rehearsal on

self-belief

QCAA PE Syllabus:Confidence, including

self-confidence,

self-belief and

self-efficacy

ENGAGE AND UNDERSTAND

• Investigate information about psychological techniques that can be used to optimise performance

- mental rehearsal techniques — mental rehearsal of the entire performance, visualisation of one aspect of skill execution prior to performance, and internal and external perspectives of imagery

• Investigate the use of psychological techniques on personal performance in authentic performance environments

• Gather primary data about the influence of psychological techniques on personal performance of specialised movement sequences and movement strategies in authentic performance environments

• Use secondary data to analyse how the sport psychology concepts and principles can influence performance in the selected physical activity.

APPLY & ANALYSE

• Analyse and synthesise primary data and secondary data about the influence of sport psychology concepts and principles on specialised movement sequences and movement strategies in the selected physical activity

• Optimise performance in the selected physical activity by devising personal and team sport psychology strategies that consider the

- effect of the psychological techniques on personal and team motivation, confidence, arousal, attention, concentration and/or team dynamics

- factors affecting the implementation of the techniques

Data in Physical Education (2019)

Engage and understand

Gather primary data

Gather secondary

data

Apply and analyse

SynthesisIdentify

relationshipsApply new knowledge

Devise strategy

Why? How? What? When? Where?

Evaluate and justify

ReflectEffectiveness

of strategy

Primary and secondary

data

Make decisions

Justify

EVALUATE AND JUSTIFY• Reflect on primary data and secondary data to evaluate the effectiveness of

sport psychology and movement strategies to achieve a determined outcome including

- meeting the requirements of personal and team performance in the selected physical activity - using suitable sport psychology techniques to optimise personal and team motivation, confidence, arousal, attention, concentration and/or team dynamics - optimising the performance of specialised movement sequences and movement strategies

• Justify the development of sport psychology and movement strategies usingevidence from primary data and secondary data

• Make decisions about and use language, conventions and mode-appropriate features to convey meaning for particular purposes and contexts.

SEE THINK WONDER

What do you see?

What do you think about that?

What does it make you wonder?

Mindfulness and Meditation

• Terms are often used interchangeably

• Growth area in Sport Psychology and Performance Psychology

• Psychological Technique linked to self-confidence, pre-performance, relaxation, and attention & concentration techniques

MeditationDr Kristin Keim, a clinical sport psychologist, states that athletes can experience great benefits from practising meditation, which is used by many elite athletes to optimise their performance.

Meditation has been shown to:

• reduce stress

• improve sleep patterns and recovery times

• enhance endurance

• improve self-identity.

This results in:

• higher self-confidence and enhanced performance.

• Increased awareness of and connection to body

Mindfulness is a mental technique with connections

to meditation – it’s certainly easier to perform

when meditating.

Mindfulness is the process of paying attention only to

what is happening right now, rather than thinking

ahead, looking back or being distracted by other

concerns.

Lianne Tomfohr, assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Calgary, is a mindfulness expert who has seen interest in the field "explode" in recent years. She said research has shown that basketball players who practice meditation are more likely to make successful free throws, and that a benefit of yoga and mindfulness is that individuals can cope with uncomfortable situations better, for longer. In fact, a key mind tool, visualisation, can elicit the same emotions as if the action was really being made. Visualise yourself kicking a ball perfectly, and not only are the same areas of the brain activated as they would be by the physical action, but the trick can have real effects on technique.

(Good Sports, 2016)

Graham Betchart, a mental strength coach… has a

master’s degree in sports psychology, has worked with many talented high school basketball players over the last decade for

free.

(Kutz, 2016)George Mumford also on board with the app.

• Free App, YouTube channel, website• Educative, meditation packages• Daily mindfulness content – activities, alerts,

videos• Variety of contexts supplied – sport,

relationships, self

Preparing students for PE (2019)

Year 9 & 10 Level Description

• The Year 9 and 10 curriculum supports students to refine and apply strategies for maintaining a positive outlook

• Students learn to critically analyse and apply health and physical activity information to devise and implement personalised plans for maintaining healthy and active habits.

• They propose strategies to support the development of preventive health practices that build and optimise community health and wellbeing.

• They also explore movement concepts and strategies to evaluate and refine their own and others’ movement performances.

HPE Australian Curriculum

HPE Australian Curriculum

Focus Area: Mental health and wellbeing

Content Descriptor:

Time to create and share

Guiding questions:• What are some integrating movement

activities for sport psychology?• What are your plans for implementation of

Unit 2, Topic 1?• What assessment type and physical activity

are you going to use?• What are some ways to provide students

with ample opportunities to gather purposeful primary data?

• What are some ways to enhance student understanding of the relationship between multiple psychological concepts, techniques and performance?

Thank you for your attendanceContact details:

Angela Kelsoakels12@eq.edu.au

Please see the Macmillan Publishing

stand for further details on the Physical

Education textbooks available to support

teachers and students in PE (2019)