Summary An idea for a research project on sports psychology

Introducing Sport and Exercise Psychology

Figure 1.10, An idea for a research project on sport psychology
Here is an idea for a possible research project on the psychological aspects of sport.Its objectives are:

1. to find out what athletes mean by mental preparation

. 2 to establish how important it is to them and.

3. to estimate what proportion of their training time they devote to it on average.To conduct this
project, you will need an audio-cassette recorder or a mini-disc recorder and some volunteer athletes.

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Then, ask them the following questions What does the term mental preparation mean to you On a scale
of 0 meaning not at all important to 5 meaning extremely important, how important do you think that
proper mental preparation is for successful performance in your sport What sort of things do you do as
physical training for your sport What sort of things, if any, do you do as mental preparation for your
sport About what percentage of your training time do you devote to physical preparation Give a rough
percentage figure.