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Introduction to Sports Psychology

A free short course by Sportal Corporate — not a credit-bearing university award.

5h 14m of video13 videos17 written lessons

The mental side of performance — motivation, confidence, attention, anxiety, cohesion, burnout and career transition. Free, with a certificate.

Built around the NPTEL / IIT Madras lecture series, the course covers self-determination theory, goal setting, confidence and self-efficacy, attention and concentration, and arousal, stress and anxiety. It goes on to flow, team cohesion, resilience and mindfulness, then to the harder subjects the field often skips: athlete burnout, fear of re-injury on return to sport, and career transition and retirement.

It is written for coaches, PE teachers, athletes managing their own heads, and students considering sport psychology as a profession — one lesson covers what becoming a sport psychologist actually involves. Thirteen video lessons are released one at a time, with notes and key terms. A ten-question quiz at 80% earns a certificate with a verifiable ID.

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What you will learn

30 lessons · 5h 14m
  1. 1How this course works
  2. 2Video 1 — Introduction to sport psychology12m
  3. 3Notes — Introduction to sport psychology
  4. 4Video 2 — Becoming a sport psychologist: an introduction35m
  5. 5Notes — Becoming a sport psychologist: an introduction
  6. 6Video 3 — Self-determination theory explained6m
  7. 7Notes — Self-determination theory explained
  8. 8Video 4 — Goal setting30m
  9. 9Notes — Goal setting
  10. 10Video 5 — Confidence and self-efficacy11m
  11. 11Notes — Confidence and self-efficacy
  12. 12Video 6 — Attention, concentration and memory24m
  13. 13Notes — Attention, concentration and memory
  14. 14Video 7 — Arousal, stress and anxiety7m
  15. 15Notes — Arousal, stress and anxiety
  16. 16Video 8 — Flow in sport and competition42m
  17. 17Notes — Flow in sport and competition
  18. 18Video 9 — Team cohesion11m
  19. 19Notes — Team cohesion
  20. 20Video 10 — Resilience and mindfulness32m
  21. 21Notes — Resilience and mindfulness
  22. 22Video 11 — Athlete burnout: causes and consequences53m
  23. 23Notes — Athlete burnout: causes and consequences
  24. 24Video 12 — Fear of re-injury and returning to sport20m
  25. 25Notes — Fear of re-injury and returning to sport
  26. 26Video 13 — Career transition and retirement32m
  27. 27Notes — Career transition and retirement
  28. 28Key terms
  29. 29Key takeaways
  30. 30Exercise — A motivational climate audit

Lessons unlock one at a time. Finish them all, score 80% on the quiz, and your certificate is issued automatically.

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