Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization: The Optimum Performance Program for Sports

✍ Scribed by Bradley Donohue, Joanne Perry

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 208
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization: The Optimum Performance Program for Sports (TOPPS)introduces TOPPS, which provides structured protocols to assist with recruitment, engagement, screening, assessment and performance optimization. The book presents step-by-step instructional guidelines, real-world case examples, screening and assessment questionnaires, scoring instructions, intervention handouts and worksheets that complement intervention. TOPPS has demonstrated significantly improved relationships with teammates and coaches, decreased substance use and psychiatric symptoms, and decreased factors interfering with sport performance. These results have been sustained in follow-up and has been shown to have improved outcomes regardless of mental health diagnostic severity.

The Book's first three chapters introduce performance optimization orientation, theories and evidence supporting TOPPS, general assessment and intervention approaches, psychometrically-validated measures and strategies used to address culture, methods of establishing a culture of optimization and requisite infrastructure within the respective system, and therapeutic style, techniques and implementation strategies. Remaining chapters show how to implement TOPPS.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization
Copyright Page
Contents
About the authors
Foreword
Reference
Preface
Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization: The Optimum Performance Program for Sports (TOPPS)
Overview
Uniqueness of The Optimum Performance Program for Sports
Scientific support
Athletes likely to benefit from this manual
Providers likely to benefit from this manual
Organization of this manual
References
Further reading
Acknowledgments
1 Creating an optimization culture and infrastructure within the system
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Building TOPPS infrastructure
Implementation settings
Establishing athlete referrals to TOPPS
Initial meetings with system administrators and stakeholders
Initial meetings with coaches
Competitive sport-related games with athletes
Course credit from professors or teachers
Engaging athletes in TOPPS
Initial engagement contact at TOPPS facility
Semistructured interviews addressing culture
Beginning work with athletes and their supportive others: The content of TOPPS performance meetings
Assessment (Chapter 3)
Orientation to optimization (Chapter 4)
Structured meeting agendas (Chapter 5)
Optimal performance preparation (Chapter 5)
Performance planning (Chapter 6)
Dynamic goals and rewards (Chapter 7)
Goal inspiration and motivational enhancement (Chapter 8)
Appreciation exchange, positive request, and HEARD (Chapters 9 and 10Chapter 9Chapter 10)
Environmental control (Chapter 11)
Self-control (Chapter 12)
Career (dream job) development and job getting skills training (Chapter 13)
Financial management (Chapter 14)
Determining which performance intervention protocols to implement
Structure of each performance intervention
How prompting checklists guide implementation of performance interventions
Assess the integrity of performance intervention integrity
How athletes and optimizers rate the quality of intervention implementation
Methods of learning TOPPS protocols
Optimization (supervision) meetings and case management
Record keeping
Method of maintaining quality assurance of athlete’s case records
Optimal organization of this intervention manual
Contents of assessment and intervention protocols
Appendix A.1 TOPPS promotional pamphlet example
Appendix A.2 Semistructured interviews addressing culture
Appendix A.3 Intervention integrity review form
Appendix A.4 Case presentation prompting checklist
Appendix A.5 Initial case presentation form
Appendix A.6 Ongoing case review form
Appendix A.7 Table of contents form
Appendix A.8 Log of contacts form
Appendix A.9 Standardized performance intervention progress notes
Appendix A.10 Outstanding progress notes
Appendix A.11 Monitoring form to optimize record keeping
References
2 Therapeutic style and implementation strategies
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Therapeutic style of TOPPS optimizers
Focus on actions and thoughts that facilitate performance optimization
Learn by doing
Optimize the effectiveness of assignments
Utilize telephone texting between meetings
Concluding remarks
3 Mental health and sport performance screens/assessments
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Mental health and sport performance screening/assessment
Description of the sport interference checklist
Interpretation of the sport interference checklist
Comprehensive assessment
Appendix 3A Sport Interference Checklist (SIC)
References
4 Orienting athletes and their supportive others to performance optimization
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Program overview
Performance philosophy protocol
Performance optimization assessment protocol
Supportive other engagement
Rationale and overview
Supportive other engagement protocol
Appendix A.1 Performance orientation: Detailed protocol checklist (For beginners)
Appendix A.2 Performance orientation: Summary checklist (For Experts)
Appendix A.3 Performance triangle and performance optimization scale handout
Appendix A.4 Optimize it handout
Appendix A.5 Performance timeline worksheet
Appendix A.6 Supportive other acknowledgment checklist
Appendix A.7 Supportive other information and release to a contact form
References
5 Performance meeting agendas and preparation for optimum performance mindset
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Introducing performance meeting agendas
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Preparing the meeting agenda (athlete and supportive others)
Step 2: Establishing the meeting agenda
Step 3: Examination of past week’s optimum mindset (optional)
Step 4: Preparation of the optimum mindset for important future event (optional)
Final thoughts
6 Determining the performance plan
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Introducing performance planning
Steps for implementing the performance plan
Step 1: Initiating the performance plan (athlete and significant others)
Performance planning: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Performance planning: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 6A Performance priority worksheet
7 Dynamic goals and rewards
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Introducing dynamic goals
Steps for implementation
Initial meeting
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Goal development and review
Future meetings
Step 1: Review goals
Final thoughts
Dynamic goals: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Dynamic goals: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 7A Dynamic goals worksheet
8 Establishing optimal motivation
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Introducing goal inspiration
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Review dynamic goals worksheet
Step 3: Motivational worksheet for goal achievement
Final thoughts
Goal inspiration: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Goal inspiration: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 8A Motivational worksheet for goal achievement
Appendix 8A Motivational worksheet for goal achievement
9 Optimizing relationships with appreciation and gratitude
Chapter highlights
Introducing appreciation exchange
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Appreciation worksheet
Step 3: Positive statement exchange
Step 4: Repeat process for supportive other(s)
Step 5: Assign homework
Step 6: Review homework
Final thoughts
Appreciation exchange: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Appreciation exchange: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 9A Appreciation worksheet
Appendix 9B Appreciation assignment sheet
References
10 Optimizing communication with positive requests
Chapter highlights
Introducing positive requests
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Model positive request
Step 3: In-session practice
Step 4: Assign homework
Step 5: Future meetings
Final thoughts
Positive request: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Positive request: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 10A Positive request handout
Appendix 10B Positive request practice assignment
Appendix 10B Positive request practice assignment (Example)
11 Optimizing the environment
Chapter highlights
Introducing environmental control
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Obtaining a goal-consistent cue list
Step 3: Obtaining a goal-inconsistent cue list
Step 4: Review and develop Performance Optimization Strategies for both lists
Step 5: Assign homework
Step 6: Future meetings
Environmental control: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Environmental control: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 11A Goal-consistent and inconsistent cues list
Appendix 11B Strategies for cues list
Appendix 11C Things to do and places I like to visit
Appendix 11D Things that may interfere with goals list
Appendix 11E Invitation for fun
12 Establishing optimal self-control
Chapter highlights
Introducing self-control
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Identify triggers for thoughts and behaviors that are inconsistent with performance optimization
Step 3: Modeling self-control
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Step 5: Evaluation of optimizer’s modeling
Step 6: Athlete’s role-play of self-control
Step 7: Evaluation of athlete’s role-play
Step 8: Future performance meetings (review and practice)
Self-control: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Self-control: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Self-control: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 12A Self-control rating form
13 Helping the dream job come to fruition
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Introducing dream job development
Steps for implementation: Dream job development
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Identifying the dream career
Step 3: How to make the dream career happen
Steps for implementation: Job-getting skills
Step 1: Introduction and rationale
Step 2: Modeling how to solicit the interview
Step 3: Soliciting the interview
Step 4: Preparing for the interview
Step 5: Future meetings
Concluding remarks
Dream job development: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Dream job development: Summary checklist for experts
Job getting skills training: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Job getting skills: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 13A Job club: Interviewing skills worksheet
14 Optimizing financial management
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Introducing financial management
Steps for implementation
Step 1: Rationale and establishing need for financial management (FM)
Step 2: Determining financial need or surplus
Step 3: Future meetings
Financial management: Detailed protocol checklist for beginners
Financial management: Summary checklist for experts
Appendix 14A Financial management worksheet
15 Concluding performance programming and planning for lifetime optimization
Chapter summary
Chapter highlights
Provider goals for intervention
Material required
Procedural steps for concluding performance programming implementation
Rationale
Reviewing strengths
Exchange of positive remarks
Last performance meeting: Future performance optimization provider prompting checklist for beginners and experts
Index
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