PSY FPX 8841 Assessment 3

Performance Enhancement Plan for Individual Athlete Development

This is an in-depth intervention plan with a view to enhancing the performance of Andrew Athlete, who is a superior quarterback and draft pick. The intervention aims to enhance Andrew’s field performance as well as his standing as a member of a team towards maximizing performance and readiness for the draft.

PSY FPX 8841 Assessment 3:Introduction

Our company’s objective is to explain the services available and establish achievable objectives with tailored activities to enhance Andrew’s performance. To initiate the performance improvement plan, Andrew will undergo the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style (TAIS), a 144-questionnaire tool developed to assess people’s performance under stress (Winning Mind, n.d.). The test will provide us with valuable information regarding Andrew’s psychological profile, identifying areas where he must enhance attentional and interpersonal skills.

Services Available

Following the TAIS test, Andrew will be assisted by two major services for performance improvement. Individual sessions will focus on addressing Andrew’s psychological and mindset needs like confidence building, transitioning, and consistency (Premier Sport Psychology, n.d.). Team sessions will also focus on integrating Andrew with his teammates, creating a sense of togetherness, understanding team dynamics, and leadership development (Premier Sport Psychology, n.d.).

TAIS Results

Andrew’s TAIS results were compared against the World Champion range, which encompassed 67 percent of their scores (Capella University, n.d.). Deviations from this range indicate areas where Andrew is lacking in the characteristics of the highest-performing athletes. Andrew scored lower than the World Champions in information processing, control, physical competitiveness, and expression of support and affection, which signifies areas of struggle in multitasking, taking leadership roles, facing physical challenges, and displaying emotional support (Enhanced Performance Systems, 2015).

Conversely, Andrew had a better performance than the World Champions in external distractibility, internal distractibility, orientation to rules and risk, self-criticism, decision-making style, and expression of criticism and anger, and he exhibited tendencies towards distraction, impulsive decision-making, self-criticism, and confrontational behavior (Enhanced Performance Systems, 2015).

Goal-Setting Styles

Andrew is a success-oriented goal-setter in terms of defining success based on social comparison standards (Burton et al., 2013). Our goal is to change Andrew to a performance-oriented goal-setting style such that learning and self-development are emphasized rather than social comparison.

Goals and Activities

Based on Andrew’s TAIS report, the following are goals and corresponding activities:

Improve focus and deal with distractions.

• Activity: Practice attentional focus exercises to filter out distractions and enhance concentration (University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, n.d.).

Increase confidence and cope with doubts.

• Activity: Apply imagery techniques to visualize successful plays and leadership scenarios, enhancing self-confidence (University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, n.d.).

Develop stress-relieving skills.

• Activity: Employ self-regulation through meditation to achieve emotional control and optimize performance (Williams & Krane, 2015).

Techniques and Activities

• Attentional focus: Focusing attention on ignoring distractions.
• Imagery: Imagining success in performance.
• Self-regulation: Managing thoughts, affect, and action.
• Meditation: Achieving relaxation and concentration.

Conclusion

This performance enhancement plan is tailored for Andrew Athlete in order to enhance his ability, attitude, and teamworking skills. With focus on his specific needs and by using interventions, we aim to help Andrew attain his highest potential as a quarterback and as a team member.

PSY FPX 8841 Assessment 3 Individual Performance Enhancement Plan 

Enhanced Performance Systems. (2015). The Attention & Interpersonal Style Inventory Performance Report Sample. Retrieved from https://sullivansearch.com-Report-Sample.pdf

Premier Sport Psychology. (n.d.). Services. Retrieved from https://www.premiersportpsychology.com/services/

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. (n.d.). Sports Psychology. Retrieved from https://www.uwhealth.org/sports-medicine/athletes-wellness-trainingconditioning/sports-psychology/30899

Williams, J. M., & Krane, V. (Eds.). (2015). Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.