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

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Athlete Mental Health and Performance Optimization
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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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