OVERVIEW

The course proposes to study more deeply the psycological aspects of interest in motor and sports  activity, at levels  both individual and group. Particular arguments will be examined including analisys and monitoring of psychological responses during training and  competitions; the correlation between personality and performances etc.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This didactic module, however, studies more deeply the aspects closely related to the dynamics of sport activity in respect to both basic and agonistic

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

to provide the principal notions of psychology of sport dealing with fondamental psycological themes relative to individual and team sports

TEACHING METHODS

theoretical lessons in hall (didatic teaching)

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Elements of Sports Psychology: Psychology of sport, exercise and sports, exercise and sport, emotion and sport, motivation and sports, competitive spirit - psychological schools and thought patterns in Sport Psychology - methods of Sports Psychology - Psychology of individual sports and team: training styles - the sports psychological skills: ability to establish  and carry out aims and objectives, control and gestation of psychical energy  and stress, ability to concentrate - clinical psychology in sport and intervention models: conflict, frustration , performance anxiety, stress, sports Psychotherapy.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

R.M. Muroni, Fondamenti di psicologia dello sport, Genova, ECIG 2009

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SABRINA BENVENUTO (President)

MONICA BIGGIO (President)

ILARIA COPPOLA (President)

ROSA MARIA MURONI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

semester from march 2018

Class schedule

SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

EXAMS