Justification of PST

The reason why I choose Imagery and Self-Talk was because Player P wasn’t mentally prepared during training and matches and the two strategies helped her boost psychologically to improve on her weaknesses (confidence and communication) and her performance. There are several other strategies which I could have used to improve Player P’s weaknesses; some of these strategies are SMART goal setting, listening to Music, Progressive muscular relaxation and Yoga.

   SMART goal setting: setting SMART goals for Player P could have been beneficial however not as much as the two strategies used as she is a visual learner. Personally, SMART goal would have put her off track as she prefers visual and kinaesthetic types of earing rather than visual and auditory learning styles.

   Listening to Music: According to Player P, she loves listening to music; although while training it is a distraction for her as she tends to lose concentration from the training causing are to perform poor during matches as training won’t be accurately.

   Progressive Muscular Relaxation: The aim of this strategy is to improve performers physically however as for Player P ; physically she was good however psychologically she was never prepared to face her barriers which why I choose Imagery and Self-Talk instead of Progressive Muscular Relaxation.

   Yoga: This strategy is really good to improve concentration and self-esteem however Player P doesn’t prefer a very quiet environment which again distracts her and puts her off track. 

In conclusion, the two strategies used were very beneficial for Player P as managed to complete the six week PST successfully, managed to improve on her weaknesses of confidence and communication and will continue using the strategies during her performance as she found it very useful and something that decreases her anxiety levels.