L4 - Personality & Sport/Exercise

• Coaches/Sports people/Teachers/Fitness Leaders... must be realistic too:

  • Be aware of the theoretical basis of personality tests/questionnaires
  • What's the test based on, research to back it
  • What does it look at
• Coaches/Sports people/Teachers/Fitness Leaders... must be realistic too:

  • Valid tests can be useful, but only in conjunction with observation & experience
  • Reliable test is a useful tool but shouldn’t only use that 
  • Don’t rely on it as critical measure
• Coaches/Sports people/Teachers/ Fitness Leaders… must be realistic too:

  • Ask for the evidence!
  • Evidence to back it up
  • Evidence helps convince you so will be provided if it exists
• Coaches/Sports people/Teachers/ Fitness Leaders… must be realistic too:

  • Consider ethics (esp. regarding team selection; assessment for PST)
  • Shouldn’t be using some tools where don’t have perfect prediction
  • Even though is good doesn’t predict 100% of the time
• Coaches/Sports people/Teachers/Fitness Leaders… must be realistic too:

  • Interactionist perspective is likely to be more valid = better