About My Interest in Psychology
Sports Psychology is a proficiency that uses physiological knowledge and skills to address optimal performance and well being in athletes. This is an branch of this science in my opinion due to the fact that there has been people on my current and past teams that always seem to not maximize there potential due to something that's going on in their head. Continuing to do strenuous workouts over a period of time can also effect the mental aspect of an athlete by literally wearing them down. It can lead to things like lack in concentration and attention control. Sports psychology is a branch of science that keeps the minds of an athlete to be well tuned which in essence can maximize a players potential. There are 3 branches to sports psychology and are the following: cognitive and behavioral skills training for performance, counseling and clinical interventions, as well as consultation and training. these 3 branches help with different difficulties ...