Assignment Instructions
Please take your time with this meaningful assignment. You will find this highly useful. After reviewing our assigned readings and the following websites:
http://www.sportpsych.org/nine2.html
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/psychological-skills-training.htm
Design a Psychological Skills Training Program for yourself. Briefly explain any sport, work, or exercise psychology challenges and then create a comprehensive Psychological Skills Training Program to improve progress toward your goals. Use 3 to 5 research studies to guide you with the details of your plan, because you want your plan to be based on valid scholarly research rather than an unchecked opinion in a blog or internet site. These research studies may be on psychological skills training, goal setting, positive psychology, time management, etc.
Include a bullet point list of your strategies at the beginning of the paper designed like a poster that you could print to remind yourself daily. In addition, include a 7 day hour-by-hour calendar of when you plan to practice your new skills every day as a habit each week. Add what time of day you could practice the skills and for how long in the day. Remember that psychological skills must be practiced like physical skills.
Your paper must be formatted according to APA standards, including a title page, margins, documentation citations, and a reference list at the end.
You might include several of the following strategies discussed in our readings:
- Very Detailed Goal-setting with Measures
- Positive Psychology Exercises
- Stress Management
- Time Management Tools
- Time Awareness Reminders
- Achievement Motivation Techniques
- Very Detailed Imagery
- Positive Self-talk
- Systematic Desentization
- Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
- Awareness of Personality Factors
- Reward Systems
- Self-Hypnosis
- Mindfulness
- Metacognition of Your Own Thoughts
- Positive Reinforcement
- Social Support
- Meditation and Yoga
- Emotional Intelligence
- etc. (anything you find particularly helpful to you)
ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN A WORD DOCUMENT, WITH APA CITATIONS AN REFERENCES
Week Five Assignment Grading Rubric – PST Total Possible Points 100
Content/Subject Knowledge
| Exemplary | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning |
| 45-50 points | 35-44 points | 20-34 points | 0-19 points |
| Student exhibits a defined and clear understanding of the assignment explaining all phases and components of a psychological skills training program | Establishes a good comprehension of topic, but does not explain each phase and corresponding components. | Student exhibits a basic understanding of the intended assignment, but all three phases are left out along with some component parts. | Exhibits a limited or no understanding of the assignment. Student does not understand PST and its relationship to achievement. |
Critical Thinking Skills
| Exemplary | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning |
| 45-50 points | 35-44 points | 20-34 points | 0-19 points |
| Student demonstrates a higher-level of critical thinking necessary for 300-400 level work, including using examples and relating theory to practical situations when designing a PST program. | Student exhibits a good command of critical thinking skills in the presentation of material and supporting statements using an example or explaining theoretical concepts. | Student takes a common, conventional approach explaining attributions without examples and documentation. | Student demonstrates beginning understanding of key concepts, but overlooks critical details. Learner is unable to apply information in a problem-solving fashion. Student presents confusing statements and facts in assignment. No evidence or little semblance of critical thinking skills. |
