Sport and Exercise Psychology Summer Course

The scientific fields of Sport and Exercise Psychology aim to understand the influence/importance of psychosocial factors in sport and physical activity settings in order to enhance an individual’s performance and well-being.

Over the last decades, much credit and recognition has been provided to these scientific applied disciplines. Effective strategies and interventions have been suggested based on different concepts, models, techniques, and perspectives of research and intervention, which have been mainly developed and explored in research, teaching and intervention settings.

However, many athletes, coaches and managers remain somehow reluctant, although a wide range of strategies and model interventions are available for practitioners. The existence of a reduced number of evidence-based practice interventions and the use of inappropriate or untested assessment forms and measures may provide some explanations for this situation.

Therefore, bridging the gap between the needs of athletes/coaches and effective practices will be the main emphasis of the present course. Strategies and model interventions will be explored based on the most recent scientific evidence in order to promote the intended performance and exercise outcomes.  For this purposes, this summer course will be intensively focused on three domains/units: (i) Fundamentals, (ii) Measurement and psychometrics, and (iii) Models and methods of intervention.

The lectures will be given by national and foreign experts with a wide range of experience in the related areas.