PSYCHOLOGY AND COACHING IN SPORTS

ELPA 751

Examines the broad landscape of athletics, focusing on matters of human, social, economic, and cultural capital. Draws from prominent books, articles, documentaries, and other sources to develop expanded perspectives and nuanced understandings of leadership and social justice in sports. Specific learning foci include the social, cultural, and historical roles of sports and the traditional and emerging roles of athletes and coaches. Particular attention paid to matters of race, poverty, activism, youth sports, college sports reform, and the leadership that unfolds in these settings.

ELPA 750

Employs an everyday practices conceptual framework. Core tenets: brokering, embedding, experimenting, targeting high doses, zeal. Examines complexities of coaching practice, including individual, organizational, and contextual variables. Draws from research on leadership. Uses research-driven framework to analyze coaching practice across five domains. Highlights processes that guide successful coaches at multiple levels. Encourages reflection upon coaching aspirations and trajectories.

ELPA 752

Provides opportunities to learn about the theory and practice of instruction in athletics settings. Identifies the hallmarks of excellent teaching and learning. Synthesizes the characteristics and practices of teachers who achieve mastery. Considers how particular contexts (e.g., sport, developmental stage, physical environment) shape teaching and learning. Explores team curriculum. Examines methods of leading and evaluating teaching and learning in sport. Also addresses: practice planning, skills-teaching, feedback, technology, learning targets, on-field instruction, and film room instruction.

RP&SE 335

Examines the psychological factors that influence participation in sport and exercise. Theories and interventions used to understand and enhance performance will be examined. Additionally, mental health, substance use and transition out of sport will be reviewed.

ELPA 754

Examines core components of championships sports programs. Uses case study design to examine how leadership unfolds across multiple levels within one setting. Draws from distributed leadership analytic framework. Considers how matters such as talent, culture, commitment, leadership, intelligence, organization, resilience, teamwork, integrity, health, resources, and opportunities intersect in a successful system.