Psychological Skills Training PST
... The purpose of sports psychology is to help athletes to develop psychological skills to improve performance. ... I am a distance coach and currently training a group athletes, age ranging 14-15 year old. I am curently training them for the National Schools Cross Country Championships. To perform well in this championships it is not sufficient just to train the team of young athletes physically through a high intensity training programme. The training programme should also involve the psychological skills aspect. The areas that I will concentrate for the psychological skills training component of my training programme include the following: · Goal Setting- Stress Management · Self-Confidence · Patience · Overcoming pain and sickness as barriers to training · Communication · Motivation Introduction to Energy Management Goal Setting to Manage Stress All the components that are involved in the psychological skill development are important to motivate athletes to perform better.