Psychological Key In Training And Competition For High-Performance Sports (Barça Innovation Hub) by PSB Academy

In recent decades, different sports disciplines have undergone great advances at the educational level in
relation to various aspects of sports performance, such as technique, tactics, strategy, nutrition, and physical
education. However, despite being present in the discourse within sports communities, psychological training does not yet possess a formal place within the coaching staffs at professional clubs, associations, federations, national teams or training schools.

In an era where elite-level athletes display nearidentical performance levels, who ends up gaining the advantage? Teams or individual athletes that possess optimal levels of mental strength.

In this course, we propose working with athletes from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, the overarching psychological theory on which we will rely. We work with Sports Psychology authors that utilize elements of Cognitive Behavioral Psychology in order to modify athlete behavior by revising the way they think and regulate their emotions.