Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5E Grade 12 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: E -  Sports Psychology

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will compare, contrast, and apply sport psychology techniques to mentally prepare for physical activity.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        SEEING IS BELIEVING - Explain that visualization is the ability to create an experience in your mind. Show students video-tapes of athletes in the process of using visualization before a performance. Through visualization, the ski jumper “sees” and “feels” the perfect jump; the diver, the perfect dive. Brainstorm opportunities for visualization, and then provide several experiences that require students to visualize before performing a simple task. Discuss these activities and the merits of visualization prior to performance.