Abstract des Autors

A developmental approach to the acquisition of mental management skills for use by teachers and coaches who wish to meet the needs of beginning and elite performers is outlined. The natural linkage of psychological skills training with the learning and instructional process is discussed, and a case is presented for the teaching of mental skills by teachers and coaches in the practice setting. A learning and an action cycle model are used both to illustrate how mental skills are embedded in the learning process and to identify the appropriate learning phase where each of the fundamental mental skills would be most effectively introduced. A practice session oriented protocol that enables learners to develop the ability to mental manage their own physical performance is presented. This mental management view recognizes that a response is more easily taught, learned, understood, and remembered if it is developed along with the other responses with which it naturally occurs. Verf.-Referat