Evaluation and quality optimization of sport psychological coaching in German high performance sport

Evaluation of the efficacy of interventions for the improvement of performance is one of the major challenges of applied sport psychology. Various models with different focuses of evaluation exist in other fields of applied psychology. We elaborate current concepts of education evaluation, process evaluation, and performance evaluation in sport psychology and related fields (clinical psychology). These concepts are summarized and integrated into an approach for evaluation and quality optimization of sport psychology coaching in Germany.