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Dr. Sören Daniel Baumgärtner

Senior Researcher

Institute of Sports Sciences
Platzwartgebäude Raum 11a
Ginnheimer Landstraße 39
D-60487 Frankfurt am Main

Tel.: +49 69 798-24567
Fax: +49 69 798-24554
E-Mail: s.baumgaertner@sport.uni-frankfurt.de

Office hours: tuesdays 1-2 pm upon agreement via e-mail


Functions

  • Module coordinator for mandatory internships in the master's degree programs (Sozialwissenschaften des Sports - MA-9 and Sportwissenschaft mit bewegungswissenschaftlich-sportmedizinischem Schwerpunkt - MSc-12)
  • Module coordinator for module MSc-6 - Forschungsmethoden in the master's degree program Sportwissenschaft mit bewegungswissenschaftlich-sportmedizinischem Schwerpunkt
  • Lecturer in the areas of sport psychology, (quantitative) research methods, research projects and practical teaching
  • Supervision of student theses for all degree programs
  • Examiner in the field of sport psychology

Main Focus of Work

  • Performance diagnostics and coaching in sport and business (e.g., quality of training and competition processes in elite and junior competitive sport, athlete management, coach-athlete dyads, development of (mobile) sport psychology screening/monitoring/testing procedures, aspects of self-management)
  • Instructional psychology of motor learning (e.g., the effect of different forms of instruction in difficult learning tasks, problem-solving strategies of teaching experts)
  • Cognitive aspects of the self-concept (e.g., the influence of self-complexity on the processing of failures in competitive sport)
  • Health promotion (e.g., teaching psychological aspects in health courses)
  • Structural analysis of table tennis (game observation, requirement profile, psychological performance factors)
  • eLearning
  • Sport psychological counseling for athletes, coaches, parents, clubs, associations
  • Courses: Sport psychology, research methods, project management, (beach)volleyball, alpine skiing

Academic Career

since October 2021: Senior Researcher, Sport and Exercise Psychology Unit, Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt

2010 to 2021: Senior Researcher, Sport Pedagogy, Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt

2010: Doctorate (Dr. phil.) on the topic "Fragebogen zum Athletenverhalten in kritischen Wettkampfsituationen – ein situationsspezifisches Screeningverfahren" with the overall rating "very good", Department of Sport Psychology, Institute of Sports Science, Technical University of Darmstadt

2006 to 2010: Research associate, Department of Sport Psychology, Institute of Sports Science, Technical University of Darmstadt

2002 to 2006: Student assistant at Fraport AG in the Department of Information and Communication Services, Frankfurt (Main).

2001: Master's degree (M.A.) in sports sciences, sports medicine and pedagogy with an overall grade of "very good", Goethe-University Frankfurt

1996 to 2001: Master's program in sports sciences, Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt


Further Qualifications and Activities

  • Chair of teaching commission, Hessischer Volleyballverband e. V.
  • B licence holder, Volleyball (Deutscher Volleyball Verband)
  • University lecturer and ski instructor at SPORTS (Vereinigung für Wintersport e. V.)
  • Instructor "Breitensport mit Schwerpunkt Kinder und Jugendliche" (Landessportbund Hessen)
  • Instructor "Präventive Rückenschule im Verein" (Landessportbund Hessen)
  • Sport psychological counseling for athletes and teams as well as consultation for institutions, clubs and associations
  • Lecturer in the coach qualification program of the field hockey, karate and volleyball associations
  • Speaker in the qualification program for back exercise courses (Forum Gesunder Rücken - besser Leben e. V. and Darmstädter Akademie für Gesundheit und Sport)
  • Head of Sport Psychology at the Darmstädter Akademie für Gesundheit und Sport