A common belief is that performance enhancement skills used in sport psychology can only be applied in sports to help elite athletes improve their performance.  This belief is absolutely false.  Since sport psychology falls under the broader category of performance psychology, the performance enhancement skills used to help athletes and coaches of all levels improve their performance in sports can also be applied to help individuals in many different fields.  These skills are applied to help individuals in the military and in exercise psychology to help exercisers of all levels improve their performance.  

 

Other names for performance enhancement skills are sport psychology skills, sport psychology techniques, sport and exercise psychology skills, sport and exercise psychology techniques, or mental skills.  Performance enhancement skills used to help individuals improve their performance outside of sports and exercise are also known as mental skills. 

 

Other names for a performance enhancement consultant are mental performance consultant, sport psychology consultant, SPC, sport and exercise psychology consultant, mental skills coach, and mental skills consultant.  

 

The title sport psychologist is deceiving.  A sport psychologist actually has a PhD in either clinical or counseling psychology.  A person with a PhD in sport psychology or performance psychology is a performance enhancement consultant and not a sport psychologist. 

 

To learn more about performance and sport psychology, check out the links below.