About my Interest in Psychology

Sports Psychology

Sport Psychologists can work and help the athletes do many things. They are trained to help the athletes to perform better and to recover from injuries. Athletes depend on psychologists to help them forget about bad experiences in games so they can come back and fix their mistake. The psychologists can help them be calm about their upcoming competition. Another thing sports psychologists help with, is setting goals and helping the athlete achieve them. They will also do research on the athletes as they perform and look at their progress as they work with them.

A lot of colleges and schools have references and contacts for where the best sport psychologists are.

These sports psychologists can do a lot of things like teach at colleges or universities.

Educational Requirements

Most positions require at least having a masters. There are some openings that only require a bachelors, but they are not very common. There are several places that offer training and certificates. to be a sports psychologist. When you get certified, you are then able to open up your own business and practice by yourself. However, it may be advisable to work and partner up with someone that has more experience with running their own business. This will also help you to get some hands-on experience fresh out of college. There are not very programs that offer sports psychology. It will take some researching to find them. A lot of positions require some sort of experience that way you know what you are doing and you can start right away.

How this effects me

This branch of psychology means a lot to me because there is also someone out there needing a little push to set goals and achieving them. Coaches help a lot because they will prepare the athlete to achieve their goals. They will also work with the athlete so they can recover quickly and be ready for the next thing. Athletic Trainers need a little bit of psychology to help the athletes to recover quickly with their injuries and be prepared mentally to get back to the sport as soon as possible. I have experienced quite a few injuries in my athletic career and the trainers have always helped me stay positive.

Zach Fitch

Sources

https://www.verywell.com/careers-in-sports-psychology-2795657

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sport-psychologists.aspx

About Me

Welcome to my new blog!! 

I am Zach Fitch and I am a freshman at Hardin-Simmons University. There are so many things I can tell you all about me. I guess I'll start by telling my background and how I got here. 

Background:

I have lived in Texas for all my life except for one year when I lived in Germany. That was a long time ago tho. I was like 2 haha. I grew up in Waxahachie, TX, a little town south of Dallas. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. I actually just got one sister recently, she is so cute. 

I grew up playing just about every sport that I could. I started out playing just baseball and as the years went by I was able to add soccer to the mix. When I got to middle school, I played soccer, basketball, baseball, and did track and cross country. Man, that was a busy time. Those were great years tho. I had so much fun in middle school. When I got to high school my school got football so I played that along with basketball, baseball, track and cross country. 

Hobbies:

There are a lot of things I like to do. I like to hunt and fish. I try to do that as much as I can. I also like just about any sport. I used to do rodeos when I was younger but then high school happened and I had no time to do them. 

Career Plans:

I really don't have a set career plan but I do want to be an Athletic Trainer. My plan is to be a trainer at a high school somewhere and at the same time be reffing basketball games too. I want to work my way up from high school all the way to college maybe even the majors.  

Favorites:

Some of my favorite are pretty simple. My favorite color is red, but I like a lot of other colors too. My favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-Fil-A. The sit down restaurant of my choice would be Olive Garden. My favorite food would be ribs. My favorite sport is football.