ASSESSING THE SKILLS OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY SUPERVISORS

To assess the supervisory skills of sport psychologists who are traini ng future practitioners, the Sport Psychology Supervisory Skills Inven tory (SPSSI) was mailed to 201 potential applied sport psychology supe rvisors. Supervisors were associated with graduate programs that offer ed applied sport psychology practica and/or internships, as identified in the Directory of Graduate Programs in Applied Sport Psychology (Sa chs, Burke, & Salitsky, 1992). Supervisors rated themselves on 41 supe rvisory skills. The SPSSI was also mailed to 416 student members of AA ASP, who were asked to rate their supervisors. There was a 35% return rate from supervisors and a 45% return rate from students. The finding s suggest that supervised experience with athletes is limited for both supervisors and graduate students.