JXH-4410 Performance Psychology Supplementary Assessment Brief 2023-24

About This Assignment Brief

The first purpose of this assessment is for you to demonstrate your knowledge of one chosen aspect of teamwork/group dynamics as applied to a chosen sport. You are to write an applied intervention for a head coach. Assume that this individual is educated  and holds a PhD in the Sports Sciences but is relatively unfamiliar with the scientific group dynamics and some recent performance psychology/personality literature.  

You are tasked with identifying one aspect of group dynamics/teamwork pivotal for success in your chosen sport – this decision needs clear empirical justification and will draw from your interpretation of the data provided. It is possible that you also refer to the demands of your chosen sport. Only use the data provided as a basis for your chosen feature of group dynamics. This should be accompanied by a concise critique of relevant literature appraising either sport or organisational psychology or pertinent features of both depending on the relative development of the respective literature. This appraisal of literature ought to provide a platform from which to propose justifiable practical advice/guidance and suggestions for intervening to “improve” your chosen pivotal aspect.  

The second purpose of this assessment is to propose how you might intervene with an athlete who is NEW to this team who is problematic at fitting in. 

Subsequently, you will also need to offer such concrete practical guidance (i.e., applied implications/interventions) to the coach. The intervention should contain some pre- and post-assessments of success at both the team and the individual level.  

It will likely assist you to place equal emphasis although not word count on how well you … 

1) justify your chosen aspect of teamwork.  

2) give a clear overview of how you can help the individual athlete fit within that team 3) demonstrate a sound understanding of relevant theory/frameworks. 4) explain and appraise research that forms the basis of your intervention.  5) explain and justify any practical recommendations/interventions. 

Written assessment guidelines: 

1) It might help you to (roughly) structure your report around the five sections above

2) You have a maximum of 2500 words, Times New Roman, double-spaced, font  size12. Whatever you write over this limit will not be marked. 

3) The reference section is treated as separate from the main body of text (i.e., 9 pages of write-up).  

4) APA referencing is required as per SHES Student Guide on Blackboard

5) This coursework is worth 100% of the supplementary assessment.