Sports psychology is the study of how psychological factors influence sports athletic performance exercise and physical activity sports psychologists investigate how participating in sports can improve health and well being they also help athletes utilize psychology to improve their sports performance and mental well being. Inductive analysis identified twenty four higher order themes resulting in eight general dimensions role of sport psychology and spcs a sport psychologists clientele perceived work for sport psychologists perception of where sport psychology belongs expected characteristics of spcs professional accountability and the facilitators and barriers of sport psychology. Sport psychology helps you understand yourself as an athlete you need to have mental strategies for learning practice and performance factors sport psychology gives you the methods and approaches to become aware of what you need so you and your coach can craft custom interventions sport psychology helps you work better with your parents