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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain knowledge of sport psychology.
   • Source and interpret applied sport psychology information related to sport performance.
   • Apply sport psychology principles relevant to own role to own practice.
   • Select support staff and resources to assist with the development of sport-specific psychological skills.
2. Provide sport psychology information to participants.
   • Identify sport psychology principles relevant to participants and assess participant sport psychology information appropriate to individual participant needs.
   • Present sport psychology information to participants in a format using learning activities and experiences appropriate to individual participant needs.
   • Check and clarify participant understanding of sport psychology information.
   • Encourage participants to access sport psychology resources appropriate to individual needs.
3. Assist participants to develop psychological skills.
   • Monitor participants to identify basic psychological skills needs.
   • Develop basic psychological skills to meet participant needs in consultation with participants.
   • Assist participants to implement basic psychological skills during competition performance.
4. Evaluate psychological skills.
   • Analyse participant competition performance against expected competition outcomes.
   • Evaluate participant psychological skills during competition performance in consultation with participant.
   • Identify ongoing psychological skill development needs to assist participant to improve performance.