In this six week PST program I chose the two strategies I did which were Self talk and Goal setting. I chose to focus on these two strategies because I felt in the meeting when I spoke with my client and her parents they were the key factors that she needed help and focusing on. I felt that we needed to focus on goal setting because it is a big factor in sport and been able to succeed. I felt that if she had no goals then she would not be motivated to do well and get further and more better in her sport. I know this from my previous sporting career because I was never motivated until I had goals I wanted to reach. We both agreed that goal setting would be a good strategy to focus on because she said that she had never really thought about setting goals before. I also chose to focus on Self talk because when dealing with previous clients it has helped to motivated and for them to be more confident before and after competing. I firstly told her what self talk was as she had never heard of it before and when I told her about it she sounded interested and wanted to give it a go therefore we tried it out. The self talk was successful because this helped her to be more confident in herself. We chose to focus on self talk for three Weeks because we felt as if this was a good enough time frame to be able to introduce it into her training and competing schedule. We also thought that it would help her to be more confident therefore when it comes to races she will be more motivated to succeed and wont be worrying about what other people think about her as that is not very nice and it makes people doubt themselves. If I could do this again I would try and focus on doing more sessions in the weeks I had and maybe try and increase how many weeks I had to spend with the clients as it all goes too quickly. Also the more time i have to help them the better they will become.
I didn't choose to focus on imagery because I think that the two strategies I chose focussed more on improving motivation and focused more on her sport. Also her sport is quite tough so I think it was good that I didn't choose imagery because i don't think it would have made her improve in her sport whereas the ones I chose did help.
Monday 5 January 2015
Post 8 Overview of the 6 week PST
In week one I started of with a meeting with my sports performer because I thought this was a good way of finding out what my sports performer is like. Also it helped me find out what she needed to improve on and what her parents thoughts were about her training and competitions. In the meeting I also did a SWOT analysis to figure out my clients strengths and weaknesses. I chose too look at goal setting and self talk to help to motivate my client as from the meeting I found that they were key factors that were stopping her from been able to succeed. In week one I did a 1 hour session on a Tuesday night we sat down and we were choosing short term goals, middle term goals and long term goals to suit her sport and her standard. In the second week we sat down and we spoke about self talk. We then got these songs together and created a play list and put them on an ipod for her to listen to atleast an hour before she raced. In week three we progressed the session on goal setting. In this session we were focusing on swimming technique and giving different techniques for her to try so we could try and get her to reach her goal. We also in this session analysed the performer by doing video analysis and when she had finished we both sat down and spoke about both of our thoughts on how she was progressing. In week four we focused on self talk. This session was one hour long and we focused on getting quotes and songs together and created a play list and put them on an ipod for her to listen to at least an hour before she raced. This would help to motivate her as they will be inspirational speeches. In week five we entered her into a competition. We did this too see if she could achieve her goal and we also videoed the race so we could look back on her strengths and weaknesses. We also wanted to do the competition so if we thought the goal/goals we had set her were to easy we could go back and strengthen them. In week six we also did a competition and in this competition was the first time she listened to her personal ipod before racing. We did this to see if it motivated her and gave her more confidence before she raced. And after the race we sat down and spoke about how she felt before the race and if she felt better listening to things before her race or worse so we knew if it worked or not.
Tuesday 30 December 2014
Post 7 Week 6 Training Program Self Talk
How long did the session last?
This session took 1hr 45 Minutes.
Where did the session take place?
This session took place in Loughborough on Tuesday morning at 9:00am.
Which psychological strategy is being used?
The psychological strategy that was used in this competition was self talk. We decided as it was the last week of the program we should do a competition and before the competition she should listen to her iPod with all of her own songs on that we agreed for her to listen to before the race to see if it helped to mitigate her. We did this too see if they were the right song and quote choices and if they weren't we would be able to see because she wouldn't be as motivated and she would have low self belief. So if we both agreed that we see that she wasn't motivated then we could change what songs she listened to and sit down and change them about a little bit. Also after the competition we sat down and spoke about what happened before the race and i asked her some questions for example "How she felt" and "Did it feel any different". I did this to try and get her feedback and then we also spoke about during the race whether she felt more self confident etc.
Why did you choose this activity for your sports performer?
I chose this activity for my sports performer because I thought it would be good to see if the songs we had chosen and the quotes we had chosen helped to motivate her and give her the extra oomph before the race. If they did then it is a good sign but if not we could easily change them and do a bit of trial and test to find the right ones.
What specific benefits will this bring to your performer and possibly their team?
The specific benefits this would bring to the performer would be that if they worked then she would be more motivated therefor she would compete better and had a better chance of coming in the top positions. Also she would have more self belief so this would help her be more confident in herself and not be afraid of anything put in her way before the race during the arc and after the race. She would also feel better after a race if she did well instead of always feeling she has done rubbish when she hasn't anyway.
Post 6 Week 5 Training Program Goal Setting
How long did the session last?
The Session this week lasted 1 hour 45 minutes.
The session took place in Loughborough on Tuesday morning at 8:30am
Which psychological strategy is being used?
The psychological strategy that was been used was goal setting. In this session it was a competition she had entered. We agreed for her to enter this competition because we could see if her short term goals she had set have worked and if she has reached them. Because if she had then we could set more goals and increase how hard they are to achieve. Also after the competition we sat down and spoke about how she thought she did and how she felt about the race. We did this so we could give each other feedback and compare things about the race.
Why did you choose this activity for your sports performer?
I chose this activity for my sports performer because I thought it would be good too see if she had achieved her short term goal. It was also good because we could see what other improvements we might need to make to make her become better than she already is. I also chose it because if she did achieve her goal then we could sit down together again and focus and pick more harder goals maybe on different aspects of the race.
What specific benefits will this bring to your performer and possibly their team?
The specific benefits this will bring to the sports performer would be that she would be able to see herself if she has achieved her goal and if she had then she would think to herself that the hard work paid off and she would focus on her training more often because she knows it will help her to improve. Also another benefit would be if she did achieve her goal then she would be more confident because she knows she can achieve things if she sticks to them and works hard focusing on them.
Post 5 Week 4 Training Program Self Talk
How long did the session last?
Where did the session take place?
This session took place at my house on Tuesday night at 6pm.
Which psychological strategy is being used?
In this session the psychological strategy that was being used was Self Talk. In this session we sat down and looked at quotes and songs to be able to read or listen to before a race to motivate her. Once we had picked some quotes and songs we added them to a iTunes library then put them on a little iPod so she could listen to them before a race. We made sure that the songs were motivating so they would get her in the racing spirit as soon as she put her headphones in. We agreed that she should listen to them at least 1hr 30 minutes before she raced so they sunk in and she should listen to them right up until the start of the race. We also agreed on athletes she could look at who inspired her to do well.
Why did you choose this activity for your sports performer?
I chose this activity because I thought that it would be good for her to have her own play list of songs and quotes for before she races. This is good because it will help he improve in her self belief before a race.
What specific benefits will this bring to your performer and possibly their team?
The benefits she will get from this will be that she will be more motivated before she races this will also improve her self belief because she will be more confident before she races which will help her because she will know how good she is ins tea dog doubting her self all the time and going into her shell. Also having some one to aspire to will help to motivate her and a benefit in her improving her times and positions because she will want to be like them.
Post 4 Week 3 Training Program Goal Setting
How long did the session last?
The session this week was a 1HR 30 Minute session.
Where did the session take place?
The session took place in the Loughborough university swimming pool on Tuesday night at 6pm.
Which psychological strategy is being used?
The psychological strategy that was been used was goal setting. In this training session we were focusing on her short term goal which was to improve on her swimming time by 3-5 seconds by the end of the 6 week training plan. We focused on improving her swimming time by focusing on her swimming stroke. We thought this was an important factor in been able to improve her time because the better the swimming stroke the stronger swimmer she will be so this will improve her time. We tried to make it so the stroke looked more smooth with less splash so we looked at how she entered the water with her arms and legs. So first we analysed her stroke by getting her to do a few lengths we did this by videoing the lengths then once she had finished we called her over so she could have a look with us and tell us what she thought then we could give our thoughts. After we had spoke about different techniques we asked her to get back in the pool and do another few strokes and we videoed them to try and see the improvement when we changed the technique. After the session we then agreed on 2 more goals that she could focus on to push her that bit further.
Why did you choose this activity for your sports performer?
I chose this activity for my sports performer because I thought she would benefit from this. It also will help her because she now knows different techniques on how to improve her stroke to help cut back on her times. This will help her over the long run because she will keep getting better and becoming a stronger swimmer to give her a better chance against the other athletes.
What specific benefits will this bring to your performer and possibly their team?
Post 3 Week 2 Training Program Self Talk
How long did the session last?
The session I ran this week lasted 1 hour on Tuesday night at 6pm.
Where did the session take place?
This session took place at my house in my office at 6pm on Tuesday night.
Which psychological strategy is being used?
The psychological strategy that was used was self talk. In this session we spoke about what self talk was. I explained to her that self talk was when you have statements to help you convince yourself you are good enough to do things and describing events using positive words rather than negative ones. I told her that you need to have statements to help you convince yourself because it will give you positive attitude and motivate you. Also if you think positively before doing something you will be more focus but if you use negative words and thoughts then you will go in your shell and not perform to your best ability as you are worried.
Why did you choose this activity for your sports performer?
I chose this activity for my sports performer because I think it will be good for her to help her think positively and have statements that she thinks about before she races. Therefore we spoke about positive words that she thinks are good and what she thinks could help motivate her and also i gave my ideas of some of the things she could think to herself to help her when it comes to a competition. For example when she is racing and she is nearly finished but it is getting hard she could think positive things like: the rewards and praise she will get of people she had never spoken to before. this will help her to fight through the pain barrier and get to the finish line.
What specific benefits will this bring to your performer and possibly their team?
The specific benefits she will be able to achieve by doing this will be that it will motivate her to want to finish and succeed. Also it will benefit her because she is thinking positively instead of negatively which will boost her confidence and self belief and she won't be so shy and in her shell as much.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)