Described the final outcome and categorized it as a flow state, peak performance, and/or peak experience, providing rationale.

Discussion Questions

Submit your response to the question to the  Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Through the end of the module, comment on the responses of others.

You will be attempting two discussion questions in this module worth 28 points each.

Discussion Question 1

Optimal Experience

Describe a time in which you had an optimal experience in sport. Provide details of the situation that led up to the optimal experience and what the resulting consequences were in terms of your performance. Also clarify and elaborate on the extent to which your optimal experience was a flow state, peak performance, and/or peak experience according to how each of these are defined.

Evaluation Criteria for Discussion Question Response:

Described the final outcome and categorized it as a flow state, peak performance, and/or peak experience, providing rationale. [8 points]
Clarified and elaborated on the extent to which your optimal experience was a flow state, peak performance, and/or peak experience
according to how each of these are defined. [8 points]

Discussion Question 2

Psychological Skills to Achieve Peak Performances

Based on your experiences as an athlete and/or coach, what psychological skills do you believe are most critical to achieve peak performances in sport more consistently? Are there any psychological skills mentioned in this module that you have attempted to use to enhance your performance that did not work for you? Provide an explanation why you think the use of those particular psychological skills did not facilitate your performance

Evaluation Criteria for Discussion Question Response:

Identified and described the psychological skills you believe are most critical to achieve peak performances in sport more consistently. [8 points]
Described experiences where the psychological skills mentioned in this module that you used to enhance your performance did not
work for you and explained why you believe they failed to do so. [8 points]

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsDiscussion Question Response:Please see specific evaluation criteria listed below each discussion question.16×2Discussion Participation:Participated in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with rationale, challenging a point of discussion, or making a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.4x2While responding, justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, Web sites, and other references or personal experience.4x2Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.4×2Total:56