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Counseling and Psychological Training Techniques for Atheletes

Code: 43889
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Sport and Exercise Psychology OB 1

Contact lecturer

Name :
Miquel Torregrossa Alvarez
Email :
miquel.torregrossa@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Marta Borrueco Carmona
Eduardo Amblar Burgos

Teaching staff (external to UAB)

Susana Regüela Saez
Anna Vilanova

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

This course is scheduled for the first semester of the first year and there is no established prerequisites for it.

Objectives

The general objectives of this course are:

  • To describe and analyse the athletic career from a holistic and developmental perspective
  • To work on the career transitions and dual career (combination of sport and studies or work)
  • To work on the athletes’ environment role in their development (coaches, families, environments)
  • To describe and analyse the latest trends in sport psychology (e.g., women’s athletic career, LGTBI)

Learning outcomes

  • CA16 (Design a proposal for psychological counselling aimed at career support or athletic retirement.) Design a proposal for psychological counselling aimed at career support or athletic retirement.
  • CA17 (Integrate ethical responsibility and respect for diversity, democratic values and respect for fundamental rights and duties in athletic career and sports dropout counseling.) Integrate ethical responsibility and respect for diversity, democratic values and respect for fundamental rights and duties in athletic career and sports dropout counseling.
  • CA18 ( Evaluate the role of the various stakeholders involved in the field of career development and athletic retirement through practical case studies.)  Evaluate the role of the various stakeholders involved in the field of career development and athletic retirement through practical case studies.
  • CA19 (Integrate ethical and social considerations in the study of athletic career development and retirement by identifying inequalities based on sex/gender.) Integrate ethical and social considerations in the study of athletic career development and retirement by identifying inequalities based on sex/gender.
  • KA09 (Identify psychological factors that are related to the athletic career development and its different transitions.) Identify psychological factors that are related to the athletic career development and its different transitions.
  • SA11 (Determine the type and direction of the influence of psychological factors on the career development and athletic retirement.) Determine the type and direction of the influence of psychological factors on the career development and athletic retirement.

Contents

Athletes and Athletic career from a holistic approach


  • Predictable and level specific transitions (e.g., junior to senior, retirement, secondary to university)
  • Predicable and holistic transitions (e.g., sporting migration, motherhood)
  • Unpredictable and level specific transitions (e.g., olympic cycle disruption)
  • Unpredictable and holistic transitions (e.g., covid lockdowns, war)


Athletes’ and entourage (coaches, families, etc.) counseling models


Dual career, cultural approach, gender and sport


Vulnerabilities, gender, LGTBIQ+ and sports career

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Reading and exercises 84 3.36
Meetings with the tutor 22 0.88
Master Classes 32 1.28

Directed

  • Master classes
  • Oral presentations of exercises

Supervised

  • Meetings with the tutor

Autonomous

  • Reading articles/reports of interest
  • Elaborating assignments and reports
  • Individual study

 

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
EV3. Practical Cases: Sporting Career and Transitions 20% 2 0.08 CA16, CA18
EV2. Reflection based on the material provided by the teachers (Women & Sport) 25% 4 0.16 CA17, CA19
EV1. Reflection based on the material provided by the teachers (Violence & LGTBIQ in sport) 25% 4 0.16 CA17, CA19
EV4. Open Question Written Test 30% 2 0.08 CA18, KA09, SA11



Evidence Code denomination Percent Format Authorship Via Week
Ev1. Violences and LGTBIQ in sport 25 written Individual Virtual 7
EV2. Women in sport 25 written Individual Virtual 10
EV3. Cases 20 written Individual Both 11
EV4. Open question exam 30 written Individual Presential 11



Kind of feedback Evidence Week
Written EV1. Violences and LGTBIQ in sport EV4. Open question exam 11 15
Digital tool

Classroom

tutorial EV2. Women in sport EV3. Cases 12 15


The student who presents 40% or less of the evaluation weight of the evidence will be considered non-evaluable.


The single evaluation will be done at the end of the semester. It will consist of a 4-hour face-to-face test in which the 4 evaluation evidences will be evaluated in the following format: a) Written reflection (2), b) Oral presentations of practical cases, and c) Written test with open questions.


In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed as an integral partof the development of the work, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution of the student in the analysis and personal reflection. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in serious cases.

Bibliography

Borrueco, M., Torregrossa, M., Pallarès, S., Vitali, F., & Ramis, Y. (2023). Women coaches at top level: Looking back through the maze. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 18(2), 327–338. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221126614

Pallarés, S., Azócar, F., Torregrosa, M., Selva, C., & Ramis, Y. (2011). Modelos de trayectoria deportiva en waterpolo y su implicación en la transición hacia una carrera profesional alternativa. Cultura, Ciencia Y Deporte, 6, 93–103. http://doi.org/10.12800/ccd.v6i17.36

Pallarès, S., Torregrossa, M., & Pérez-Rivases, A. (2017). No es por casualidad. Seis historias de mujeres en el deporte. Barcelona: Amentia Editorial.

Stambulova, N., Wylleman, P., Torregrossa, M., Erpič, S. C., Vitali, F., de Brandt, K., Khomutova, A., Ruffault, A., & Ramis, Y. (2024). FEPSAC Position Statement: Athletes’ dual careers in the European context. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 71, 102572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102572

Torregrosa, M., Chamorro, J. L., & Ramis, Y. (2016). Transición de júnior a sénior y promoción de carreras duales en el deporte: una revisión interpretativa. Revista de Psicología Aplicada Al Deporte Y Al Ejercicio Físico, 1, 1–11.

Torregrossa, M., Chamorro, J. L., Prato, L., & Ramis, Y. (2021). Grupos, Entornos y Carrera Deportiva. In T. García-Calvo, F. M. Leo, & E. Cervelló (Eds.), Dirección de Equipos Deportivos (pp. 355–374).

Torregrosa, M., Ramis, Y., Pallarés, S., Azócar, F., & Selva, C. (2015). Olympic athletes back to retirement: A qualitative longitudinal study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 21, 50–56. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.03.003

Torregrossa, M., Regüela, S., & Mateos, M. (2020). Career Assistance Programmes. In D. Hackfort & R. J. Schinke (Eds.), The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology (pp. 73–88). Routledge.

Vilanova, A., & Puig, N. (2013). Compaginar la carrera deportiva con la carrera académica para la futura inserción laboral: ¿una cuestión de estrategia? Revista de Psicologia Del Deporte, 22(1), 61–68.

Vilanova, A., & Puig, N. (2016). Personal strategies for managing a second career: The experiences of Spanish Olympians. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(5), 529–546. http://doi.org/10.1177/1012690214536168

Zamora-Solé, R., Alcaraz, S., Regüela, S., Viladrich, C., & Torregrossa, M. (2024). Choose your own story: creative non-fiction about athletes attempting to qualify for the Olympics. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2024.2348446

Software

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Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TEm) Theory (master) 1 Catalan/Spanish first semester afternoon