Psicología y deporte: habilidades del deportista consigo mismo

In this article, we strive to define concepts and classifications from the field of sports psychology. We start by presenting the concept of the "athlete's self-skills" as an alternative to the inaccurately named psychological skills. We then provide a succinct definition of mind as process and we suggest a functional classification of these skills, namely (the athlete's) self-knowledge based on the interpretation of interoceptive information, proprioceptive information, affective bonds, evaluation of the environment and personal reflection. Finally, we associate the athlete's self-skills with the intervention of the coach and the sports psychologist based on the performance state model, with a review of the competences needed to achieve this state. In the conclusions, we provide a representation of the interaction among the different sources of self-knowledge.