Cool Running Sports Psychology

In the film Cool Runnings, the characters break down several barriers by being the first Jamaican bobsledding team. Throughout the film there are more positive messages than any other sports film. This film is about four Jamaican men who create a bobsled team and try to compete in the 1988 Winer Olympics. The movie portrays all the perfect qualities of sports psychology such as goal setting, leadership, determination and motivation. Together these men come together and represent their country since they did not qualify for the summer Olympics in running. Each of the men did the best they could to make it to the Olympics and make a name for their country. Derice displayed determination by wanting to follow in his late father’s footsteps and

He did the best he could to find a way to become a part of something that meant something to him and make his father proud. In doing so, he is determined to make Irv Blitzer the coach of this bob sledding team because he wanted to compete. When he was trying to get Blitzer as a coach, he would not comply. Derice kept begging him to become their coach. Deriece’s persistence towards his passion of making the Olympics is what goes a long way. In the film, Derice states that the word ‘no’ means nothing to him, because no matter how many people tell him no, he will prove them wrong. Out of all the men on the team he was the leader and led the team with great example. When the team would go out to socialize and sometimes out to eat, Derice would stay in his room to focus on the next bob sled meet. He would look at picture of the course to memorize the movement

He was eager to join the bobsled team and he came from a wealthy with very successful parents. Junior’s father was influential in his life and supported him financially. In the movie his father would make him feel as if was worth nothing and that his success in bobsled was nothing. Yul Brenner, one of the teammates would lift him up with encouraging words. He would give him a pep talk. In sports psychology up lifting pep talks have proven success in sports. Brenner made Junior look himself into the mirror and told Junior, “I see pride. I see power. I see a badass mother who don’t take no crap off nobody!” This talk is also a self- confidence booster. Self- confidence is proven to be a key to success in the eyes of sports psychology. If you do not believe in yourself, how could you believe or trust in anyone else. Having confidence in yourself is important because confidence will display success on a sports