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Attribution Retraining in Golf

Complete this worksheet as you watch the video of sport psychology consultant and coach Scott Pierce working with a golfer practicing his putting.

1. At the opening of the video, what did the golfer say to himself after missing his putt? What were his attributions? Using words that are negative to a task will start to become believable, thus making it hard to see the positives of completing the task like making the putt. When someone is being negative towards their self, their attributions will start to become false, making them lose hope that they will make the putt.

2. When sport psychologist and coach Scott Pierce worked with the golfer, what type of attributions did Scott remind the golfer about that he used earlier in the season to improve his chipping? Scott Pierce tells the golfer about past work that he did with his golfer. The golfer Pierce is helping is doing the work that they have done before, which includes, slowing down, relaxed swings, and trying not to get upset. The coach then explains to the golfer that practicing will make him better.

3. In the final putting sequence, when the golfer misses the putt, what did he say to himself? What type of attributions did he make? When the golfer missed the putt, he did not get upset with himself and say negative things, he realized that practice would improve his skills. He says over and over to himself “I’ve got this,” which helps him focus on getting the ball in the hole.

4. Why did the attribution retraining help this golfer? The coach teaches him attributes on how a missed putt is a mistake that needs extra practice. The coach also reminds him that his hard work has helped him in the past. In the future if the golfer misses a putt, he is told to not get upset and dwell over it, but instead remain positive.

From R.S. Weinberg and D. Gould, 2019, Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology Web Study Guide, 7E (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics).

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5. Discuss the notion of learned helplessness from an attributional perspective. What attributions do learned helpless individuals give for their successes and failure and how does that influence their future performance? A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness is learned helplessness. Learned helplessness deals with how a person perceives and uses information to understand causal explanations, and analyzes what information is accumulated.

From R.S. Weinberg and D. Gould, 2019, Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology Web Study Guide, 7E (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics).

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