Week 5
Application of Knowledge (AOK) 20 points
Chapter 9 – Psychological Characteristics of Peak Performance
Due Date: This assignment needs to be submitted in Canvas by Sunday at midnight (PST).
This question will have you focus on two perspectives of peak performance or best work in your sport, job or teaching area. The first part will ask you to focus on what you once thought were the key ingredients for peak performance or reaching the potential to do ones best work. The second part will be on changes you now see after building your knowledge of Sport Psychology / Mental Training. In both responses, state your sport psychology background information that you initially provided in the week 1 assignment will have an impact on your answers.
Part 1
Based on your past knowledge of sport psychology and general sport motivation, list the top 2 factors you most often attributed to your team’s/group’s success or peak performance. For each factor provide a short description as to why you felt this way or what past experiences helped you develop that reasoning. Then do the same for factors that helped the individuals on your team/group reach their best or peak performance. There can be similarities in the two answers but would not have to be identical and the why can also be different for each factor also. I would like you to set it up using this format.
Group Factors:
1. Factor for Success Why or Past Experience that leads to this conclusion
2. Factor for Success Why or Past Experience that leads to this conclusion
Individual Factors:
1. Factor for Success Why or Past Experience that leads to this conclusion
2. Factor for Success Why or Past Experience that leads to this conclusion
Part 2
Now we fast forward to what we have recently discovered and for some with a more extensive sport psych background it may not be all that new. I want you to list 2 new or enhanced (could be similar to Part 1 but with a different why) factors you now see as critical to peak performance for your team and individual athletes. Again provide a why but this time it should be based on what you have gained from a better understanding of peak performance.
Group Factors:
1. New for Success Why and/or how is this important?
2. New for Success Why and/or how is this important?
Individual Factors:
1. New for Success Why and/or how is this important?
2. New for Success Why and/or how is this important?