Sport psychology

The sports psychology tries to capture sports human behavior, actions and experiences of people in the field of practice.

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She is active in research, teaching and application of both a branch of psychology and sports science and is concerned with development, motivation, learning, and social psychology. It involves both the application of sport psychological methods of gaining knowledge in the fields of practice of the sport. Secondly, it is about the meaning and function of sport as a means of psychological interventions. As an applied sport psychology provides the discipline with their representatives to contribute in the overall system of care being of the athlete.

Association for Sport Psychology

The sports psychologists in Germany have 1969 Association for Sport Psychology ( asp ) together. The asp is the representation of sport psychologists and sport psychologists in Germany in the university as well as in the non-university sector. There currently belong to her about 300 members. Are carried out on various topics of sport psychology annual meetings. The asp continues to lead with their asp curriculum training as a sports psychologist in practice, which follows on from a degree in psychology or sports science. Such trained sports psychologist can be included in the expert database of the Federal Institute of Sport Science ( BISp ).

Within the framework of the Bologna process and master 's degree programs have been developed in sports psychology in recent years. Currently you can sport psychology at the Martin -Luther- University Halle- Wittenberg, on the H: G School of Health and Sport ( FH ) and the BSP Business School Potsdam Berlin - School of Management study ( FH). The professional qualifications to qualify for a professional, science-based activities in the field of competitive sports.

Austrian National Network of Sport Psychology ( ÖBS )

In Austria, the Austrian Federal Network Sports Psychology ( ÖBS ) acts as a contact person for Sport Psychology in competitive sports. Task of ÖBS is the coordination and implementation of sport psychological care of individual athletes, teams and coaches in professional sports. Coordination is the ÖBS staff at the three centers in Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck; care is provided by each employee of the ÖBS or by sports psychologist / mental coach from the ÖBS pool, with approximately 120 members throughout Austria. Other responsibilities of the ÖBS include education and training for trainers and quality assurance and further development of sport psychological concepts. Developed by ÖBS sport psychological assessment and test battery is used to detect the mental performance potential of the athlete and to identify changes in the care process. The ÖBS also has close partnerships with sport psychological competence centers in the provinces and Olympic bases and works with the Association of Austrian youth academy sports models ( Voen ) together. It was founded ÖBS 2006 by Univ. -Prof. Dr. Günter Amesberger and Dr. Christopher Willis.