| It has long been recognized that physical components | | | | elucidates the process in which our brain takes in |
| are not enough to make athletes excel in their fields. | | | | information from the outside world through our senses, |
| One of the latest concepts being applied to enhance | | | | select and utilize the information which results to a |
| the performances in sports is called cognitive | | | | decision, bringing about an output exhibited through |
| psychology – the study of brain mechanisms or | | | | behavior or actions, which is subjected to feedback |
| human mental processes in relation to the way we | | | | from the environment. |
| perceive things, feel about things, solve problems, and | | | | The decision to pass the ball or to run for the goal is |
| the probable root cause of our behavior. | | | | determined by the availability of a player in a more |
| This paper will contain a detailed ten hour soccer team | | | | advantageous spot and the number of players |
| training plan and discuss the relationship of cognitive | | | | guarding him (input). The success or failure of his |
| psychology to athletes’ over-all performance | | | | moves (output) based on his decision is affirmed with |
| focusing mainly on the information processing model of | | | | a touchdown or a pass respectively (feedback). Now, |
| Whiting, Welford, and Schmidt. The contribution of | | | | the decision-making process involved during this |
| cognitive psychology to enhancing the players’ | | | | split-second scenario is a product of simulated plays in |
| understanding and performance levels, the application | | | | which the player was trained and not born with. |
| of different theoretical approaches to a variety of | | | | Through constant exposure to similar situation in the |
| sporting situations and the use of theory to enhance | | | | course of training, the learned skill has become intrinsic |
| individual and team performance, specifically in soccer, | | | | to a player’s mind which he was able to apply |
| will be explored. | | | | naturally in the actual game despite the pressured |
| There exists an array of sub-concepts under cognitive | | | | atmosphere... |
| psychology which includes information processing. This | | | | |