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Course Name - Sports Psychology QQI Level 6
Award - Certificate Sports Psychology QQI Level 6
Course Overview
This course is designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding of sport psychology and enhance coaches and young players understanding of some key psychological factors, such as creating interventions to improve performance and understanding stress and anxiety in sport and how to best manage it.
Purpose
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill, and competence to apply psychological principles in the coaching of team and individual sports in order to enhance performance.
Learning Outcomes :
Tutor Bio - Johnny Glynn
Main Qualifications
B.Sc. Sport & Exercise Science, UL 1997UEFA Pro-Licence, 2016 UEFA Academy manager 2019
Johnny holds qualifications in, Sport Psychology and Golf Biomechanics. Having played soccer at the highest level for 15 years including spells in the USA and Norway, Johnny has worked as a high-performance Coach and Sports Educator for the past 22 years. Having been appointed the first full-time fitness coach at Connacht Rugby in 1999, Johnny has worked in many sports following his soccer playing career. He was head fitness coach at both the Galway senior football and hurling teams under John O Mahoney and Noel Lane.
He has also coached for 3 years with the Clare senior hurlers under manager Anthony Daly. He has also specialized in Golf Biomechanics and was head of the Munster underage elite boys teams for 10 years. Currently, he holds the position of Head of Academy at Galway United, specialising in talent identification and player development. Johnny has been employed at GTI for over 10 years and has taught Sport Psychology for the past 8 years.
Email Address - johnny.glynn@gretb.ie
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