General concepts of Sports Psychology and Sports Sociology

Many protruding athletes and coaches believe that although sport is played with the body, it is won in the mind. If so, then sport offers psychologists an exciting opportunity to develop academic theories (e.g., about how expert athletes differ from novices in a variety of mental skills) and practical strategies (e.g., teaching athletes how to cope with pressure situations) about mental aspects of skilled performance. The purpose of this Unit is to describe what sport psychology in sport and physical activity contexts, what sport psychology specialists do, and Understand major development in the history of sport psychology. Basically, about the overview of the objectives of sport psychology, role of sport psychology, history of sport psychology, and Ethical Standards for Sport Psychologists.