A Case Study Situating a Self-Regulated Learning Survey in Consultation Between an Elite Athlete and a Sport Psychology Practitioner

Athletes can use self-regulated-learning (SRL) competencies to improve their engagement in practice through awareness and control of their cognition, motivation, affect, behavior, and environment. While sport research has extensively developed measures to assess SRL, little work has considered how those tools may facilitate contextually specific interventions in applied practice. In an instrumental case study, supported by a semistructured interview, we explored how the Polish Short Form of the Self-Regulated Learning for Sport Practice (SRL-SP) could be used as an intrapersonal development tool to guide an applied consulting session with an elite athlete. The results exemplify how an SRL survey could be used in consulting to help athletes develop proactive approaches to practice. Specifically, the Polish Short Form SRL-SP was useful as a dialogue tool and for monitoring the development of SRL competencies. The survey’s applied utility may be influenced by characteristics of the discipline, competitive level, and situational coaching context.