Mental Health Strategizing Coaching AssistantAt — CSUF - Athletics

Assist coaching staff in assessing mental strategies to enable higher performance, as well as develop resistance to mental barriers experienced in sport.

Learning Outcomes  

By the end of the internship, the student will be able to:
1. Assess mental strategies to achieve higher performance in athletics
2. Develop mental strategies to assist athletes in being more resistant to athletically-related mental barriers
3. Create a solid foundation in the ability to create rapport with student-athletes in order to create the opportunity necessary to enact steps 1 through 2

Training  

To help the student achieve the proposed learning outcomes, I will:
1. Allow the student opportunity to develop connections during and after practice with the student-athletes
2. Guide the student in the use of appropriate psychological strategies to help the student-athletes
3. Work with the student throughout the competitive season in assessing the efficacy of previously taught psychological strategies

Tasks/Duties  

The intern will demonstrate the learning outcomes by:
1. After each training session, the student will take time to provide written feedback of what the student observed that may be of note
2. At the end of each training week, the student will have a meeting with the supervisor discussing observed progress and how to further improve student-athletes mental strategies
3. Prior to each competition week, the student will have a meeting with the supervisor to discuss appropriate psychological strategies for student-athletes