Sport Psychology

20 terms

I choose sport psychologist because I want to have this job later. I wanted a job that helps people and that is related to sport. I made this glossary of word because I think it could give me ideas of what I could do in my future job.

Accreditation
Meeting certain standards or criteria for quality or competence
Anxiety
Negative emotional state
Arousal
The level of anxiety about sporting event
Attention focus
The ability to be able to block out everything (noise)
Burnout
Physical and emotional exhaustion
Concentration
Staying focused on the present moment and the task at hand
Confidence
Sport psychologist, help athletes with self-confidence
Controllability
Doing something within an image
Debriefing
In sport means as an evaluation of competitions
Feeling
A term or concept hard to define
Grit
A mix of passion and perseverance
Identity
Self-identity can be defined as the role of an athlete
Imagery
A mental rehearsal
Mental health
Address issue like depression, anxiety, and eating disorders
Mindset
The overall attitude and approach to challenges
Optimism
The tendency to expect the best possible outcome
Psychoneuromuscular
Imagined event activate neural pathways
Rehabilitation
Psychological strategies to assist in recovery injuries
Resilience
The ability of bounce back from a setback or failures
Stress
A response by biological or psychological system to perception