Advanced Sport and Exercise Psychology

Mental Training Programs

1. Interventions and Strategies
   • Goal setting
     • Types
     • Assessment Strategies
     • Best practices
   • Imagery
     • Types
     • Assessment Strategies
     • Best Practices
   • Self Talk
     • Types
     • Assessment Strategies
     • Best Practices
   • Arousal Regulation
     • Types
     • Assessment Strategies
     • Best Practices
   • Attentional Control
     • Types
     • Assessment Strategies
     • Best Practices
2. Conceptual Frameworks of Mental Excellence
3. Program Planning and Delivery
   • Assessment and Objectives
   • Design
   • Delivery
   • Debriefing
   • Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Season and Annual Planning
   • Focus Plans 
   • Periodization of Mental Skills Training
5. Personal Mental Training Program Development

Developmental Sport and Exercise Psychology

1. Self Esteem, Self Concept and Physical Activity
   • Theoretical aspects
   • Research on the development of self perceptions 
   • Factors and strategies influencing self perceptions
   • Psychological skills training and children
   • Implications for best practices
2. Developmental Model of Youth Sport
   • Theoretical aspects
   • Research on development and expertise in sport
   • Factors and strategies influencing psychological development
   • Implications for best practices
3. Environment Influences on Development
   • Motivational Climates
     • Theoretical aspects
     • Research on motivational climates
     • Implications for best practices
   • Self Determination Theory (SDT) in Sport and Physical Activity
     • Theoretical aspects
     • Research on SDT in Sport and Physical Activity
     • Implications for best practices
   • Parents in Sport and Physical Activity
     • Research on parents in sport and physical activity
     • Strategies for enhancing parental impact
   • Peers
     • Research on peers in sport and physical activity
     • Strategies for enhancing peer impact

Advanced Topics in Sport and Exercise Psychology – Potential Topics:

1. Career Transitions
2. Psychology of injury and rehabilitation 
3. Psychology of recovery and regeneration
4. Overtraining and Burnout in sport
5. Career transitions in sport
6. Violence and aggression in sport
7. Moral development through sport 
8. Preparing mentally for major competitions (e.g., Olympics/Paralympics/Worlds)
9. Coaching Psychology
10. Coach-athlete relationship
11. Self Handicapping in sport & exercise
12. Development of Expertise in Sport
13. Clinical issues in sport and exercise psychology
14. Self Perceptions and Physical Activity Behaviours of Adults
15. Aging and involvement in sport and physical activity
16. Personality in sport and exercise psychology
17. Gender and cultural considerations in sport and exercise psychology