What is sport psychology?

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What is sport psychology?]

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[Text on screen: Brad Foltz, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Brad Foltz, PhD: Sports psychology is the study of how mental and cognitive factors influence performance. 

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So in sports psychology, we study the way that our mind impacts our body and how our body reacts to our mind in terms of creating high-level performance. And here at Ohio State, we have many sports psychologists who focus on developing those skills in performers like athletes.

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But even executives, or anybody that's looking to increase or enhance their performance.

[Text on screen: Ohio State Health & Discovery
For more information, visit:
go/osu.edu/sportpsychology]

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