Role and Benefits of Sports Psychology for the Strengthening of Performance of Sports Persons
Enhancing Athletic Performance through Sports Psychology
by Dhirendra Singh Chauhan*,
- Published in International Journal of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, E-ISSN: 2231-3745
Volume 7, Issue No. 13, Jul 2014, Pages 0 - 0 (0)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
The acceptance of sport psychology, both as an academic discipline as well as an applied process, has grown considerably over the past 2 years. Not many to the world of competitive athletics would argue with the significance of being psychologically ready just before an athletic competition along with the want to help keep this specific mindset during a competitive competition. As a result, the goal of this report is actually providing the viewer with a basic framework depicting how mental skills education translates into enhanced competition efficiency. This particular framework is meant to help bridge the common understanding gap that's presently being described by a lot of coaches and athletes, while simultaneously helping sport psychology practitioners market their valuable services to specific athletes teams. The paper concluded by stating sport psychology must be used as scientific instruction ways for athletes to be able to improve sports performance.
KEYWORD
sports psychology, performance, athletic competition, mental skills education, competition efficiency, understanding gap, coaches, athletes, sport psychology practitioners, scientific instruction
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Corresponding Author Dhirendra Singh Chauhan*
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Government PG College, Hamirpur vikkyandruchi@gmail.com
