This course focuses on the psychological components, theories, and skills that support sustained elite performance. The goal of the course is to foster cadets' understanding, development, implementation, and coaching of the psychological skills that influence and generate success in high-level performance situations across domains (academic, physical, athletic, military, and leadership). Topics include performance mindset and awareness, psychological skills training fundamentals, confidence and self-talk, motivation and goal setting, attention control, energy and stress management, mindfulness, imagery, and special topics related to performance psychology. Throughout the course, particular emphasis is placed on how these topics relate to and can be applied in cadets' roles as current and future leaders. Cadets will both understand theoretical bases underlying these topics, and apply them, through applied mental training exercises, leading and taking part in squad discussions on the course topics applied to leadership specifically, and through a semester-long peer mentorship case study with a fellow cadet.
