Sports psychology
Sports psychology is concerned with the attitudes, thoughts and behaviour of elite athletes. It seeks to explain and predict these, and also to alter and optimize them where necessary or desirable.
SFISM's psychologists attach great importance to a well-founded, sport-specific and holistic understanding of the relationship and interplay between psychological factors and sporting performance.
SFISM's psychologists have amassed many years of experience in advising and supporting sportspeople and trainers. As recognized experts in their field, they are also involved in research and development and are active in international networks. Great importance is attached to the application of scientifically well-founded and recognized methods.
Services
- Sports psychology advice for sportspeople and trainers (coach the coach)
- Training courses for teams
- Long-term sports psychology support for teams, especially those competing in major international events
- Support and advice on how to establish a positive training and performance culture
- Psychological testing of athletes
- Stress/recovery monitoring and overtraining diagnostics
- Psychological support during rehabilitation from sports injuries
Research focus
- Impact of perfectionism on training behaviour, lifestyle and sporting performance
- Mindfulness-based interventions in sport
- Performance motivation and motivational climate
- Verifying the effectiveness of psychological training
- Mood-performance relationship and mood state monitoring
- Regeneration and recuperative techniques
- Mental health in performance sport
- Factors influencing interpersonal violence
Sports psychology internship
Mental health in performance sport
The Department of Sports Psychology at the SFISM is the national centre of excellence for mental health in performance sport. Its aim is to better understand the mental health of athletes through research and to effectively integrate this knowledge into the Swiss sports system.
Mental training using neurofeedback and VR
In an interdisciplinary research project, neuroscientists and sports psychologists are investigating how and whether mental training using pupil-based neurofeedback works in a virtual reality environment. The aim is to scientifically demonstrate the effectiveness of this newly developed approach to mental training.
Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM
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2532 Magglingen