Course: Mental skills training

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Course title Mental skills training
Course code KSK/PSYTR
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pernicová Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šafář Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: 1. Mental training in sports practice, contributions, limitations and safety 2. Selected mental training techniques - controlled imagination 3. Selected mental training techniques - ideomotoric training 4. Selected mental training techniques - hypnosis, NLP 5. Selected mental training techniques - autogenic training, MARM 6. Selected mental training techniques - focusing 7. Selected mental training techniques - physically bound experiencing 8. Selected mental training techniques from KBT I 9. Selected mental training techniques from KBT II IV. Seminar topics: Seminar topics correspond to the above specify topics

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to present, train and apply mental training methods and techniques in the area of sport. The aims of the course are as follows: - Introduce the possibilities of psychological and psychotherapeutical techniques in the area of sport - Allow the students to try out some mental training techniques (controlled imagination, ideomotoric training, hypnosis, autogenic training, focusing, physically bound experiencing) - Present mental training techniques suitable for practical application by non-psychologists Information about this course was translated to English within the project Internationalization of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University, Olomouc, No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0028, co-funded by the European Social Fund and the Government of the Czech Republic.
1. The student is able to apply selected mental regulation techniques. 2. The student is competent to apply selected mental regulation techniques in the area of professional expertise. 3. The student is motivated for further development in the area of development of self-regulation skills.
Prerequisites
Completion of Basics of psychology of sport

Assessment methods and criteria
Systematic Observation of Student, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio

Credit 1. Active participation in seminars (80%) 2. Seminar paper (to be submitted one week prior to the last seminar)
Recommended literature
  • Terry, O. (1986). Psyching for sport: mental training for athletes. Champaign: Leisure Press.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Physical Education (2016) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Physical Education (XX) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): Teaching Physical Education for 2nd Grade of Primary School and Secondary School (2024-XX) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -