The field of Sport Psychology revolves around two main areas: (a) helping athletes use psychological principles to achieve optimal mental health and to improve performance (performance enhancement) (b) understanding how participation in sport, exercise and physical activity affects an individual's psychological development, health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
Sports psychology is more preventive in nature than curative i.e. you do not necessarily need to experience any mental block or performance slump to go to a sports psychologist before a problem occurs. Like you train physically to increase your muscle strength, you also train mentally to enhance your resilience, performance and well-being.
No, sports psychology is for every athlete from grassroots level to elite level athlete. Any young beginner athlete can also benefit from mental training.
No, mental toughness & resilience is developed with practice and consistence. Like physical training, mental training is a long and continuous process. You have to practice mental exercise everyday like you practice your skills.
An individual session lasts for about 50 minutes. Team or group session can vary from about 2-4 hours.
To become successful, an athlete needs to be mentally sound and prepared.
Sports Psychology is a fast and evolving field and it has helped the top athletes of the world.
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