ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCECRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Maintain knowledge of sport psychology.

1.1. Source and interpret applied sport psychology information related to sport performance.

1.2. Apply sport psychology principles relevant to own role to own practice.

1.3. Select support staff and resources to assist with the development of sport-specific psychological skills.

2. Provide sport psychology information to participants.

2.1. Identify sport psychology principles relevant to participants and assess participant sport psychology information appropriate to individual participant needs.

2.2. Present sport psychology information to participants in a format using learning activities and experiences appropriate to individual participant needs.

2.3. Check and clarify participant understanding of sport psychology information.

2.4. Encourage participants to access sport psychology resources appropriate to individual needs.

3. Assist participants to develop psychological skills.

3.1. Monitor participants to identify basic psychological skills needs.

3.2. Develop basic psychological skills to meet participant needs in consultation with participants.

3.3. Assist participants to implement basic psychological skills during competition performance.

4. Evaluate psychological skills.

4.1. Analyse participant competition performance against expected competition outcomes.

4.2. Evaluate participant psychological skills during competition performance in consultation with participant.

4.3. Identify ongoing psychological skill development needs to assist participant to improve performance.

Foundation skills essential to performance in this unit, but not explicit in the performance criteria are listed here, along with a brief context statement.

SKILLS

DESCRIPTION

Writing skills to:

document sport psychology information and resources for participants.

Oral communication skills to:

ask open and closed questions and actively listen to inform and support participants

negotiate strategies with participants to achieve sport performance.

Numeracy skills to:

interpret and discuss participant performance data.

Problem-solving skills to:

develop, review and modify psychological skill development strategies.

Technology skills to:

access the internet to source sport psychology information.