Sports psychology is the study and implementation of mental techniques to better an athlete's performance. "On top of the time spent honing skills and developing physical readiness, studies of top performers have shown that the elite from a variety of different sports complete many laps of the track, lengths of the pool or throws of the javelin in their mind before competitions" (Lee Crust, 2004). In touch football, top players would spend hours practising moves on …showed first 75 words of 1538 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1538 total…potential. In this way, the girls use narrow attentional focus as they have to focus specifically on their on skills to better their performance. Mastering the psychological aspect of sport allows an athlete to reach their potential. Few manage to do this however and rarely reach their full and total potential. This unit in HPE has allowed me to better my performance as a touch football player by strategies that help us achieve our goals.