Sports Psychology category: 506 books
by Mike Southern
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2014
In many ways modern sports psychology is a child of the self-help movement of the early 20th Century. The idea that individuals could easily learn enough psychology to improve their personal performance was radical then, but commonplace today.However, these early self-help writers built their...
by Janet Buckworth, Rod K. Dishman, Patrick J. O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Exercise Psychology, Second Edition, addresses the psychological and biological consequences of exercise and physical activity and their subsequent effects on mood and mental health. Like the first edition, the text includes the latest scholarship by leading experts in the field of exercise adoption...
Faster, Fitter, Happier
75 questions with a Sport Psychologist
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Faster, Fitter, Happier is the first book to bridge the gap between the practice of psychology across both professional and amateur sport, and the theoretical foundations on which the science is based. Author Tony Westbury has been working alongside coaches and performers across a range of sports...
Head in the Game
The Mental Engineering of the World's Greatest Athletes
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
An intriguing blend of science and sports that explores how some of the worlds greatest athletes are utilizing the last frontier of performance-enhancing technology—the mental mapping and engineering of their own brains—for peak performance, and what it means for the future of athleticism, sports,...
Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology
A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology is a definitive guide to the theory and practice of applied sport psychology. It goes further than any other book in surveying the full variety of issues that practising sport psychologists will confront in their working...
Leadership in Sports Coaching
A Social Identity Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The professionalisation of sports coaching has demanded higher standards of leadership in order to improve performance and effectiveness. This book focuses on leadership in sports coaching, exploring key concepts and principles underpinned by a presentation of new empirical research. Placing social...
Raising Young Athletes
Parenting Your Children to Victory in Sports and Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Sports are an amazing environment in which to raise children. The benefits they gain from athletic participation are many, including physical, personal, and social. Yet, there is also a dark side to today’s youth sports culture, as an emphasis on winning has made what was once fun become a burden...
by Jamie Barker, Paul McCarthy, Marc Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
What is single-case research?
How can single-case methods be used within sport and exercise?
Single-case research is a powerful method for examining change in outcome variables such as behaviour, performance and psychological constructs, and for assessing the efficacy of interventions. It has innumerable...
Ahead of the Game
How to Use Your Mind to Win in Sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Mental attitude in sport is the difference between winning/performing well and losing/performing badly. Many elite athletes say that the mental aspects of sport make the difference between being a champion or not. Whether at professional or recreational level, your mindset determines the degree of success...
Win
Proven Strategies for Success in Sport, Life and Mental Health.
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
'Visualise your goals and achieve your potential.'
Easy-to-follow and extremely effective, Win will change the way you think about all aspects of your life.
From well-known personality and rugby commentator Brent Pope and psychotherapist and mental skills coach Jason Brennan, Win: Proven Strategies...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
"...both the perspective and the scope of this volume are well conceived and executed. This book provides an important platform for developing expertise in a fascinating and growing field. It is required reading from my students...Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
"The book will provide...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Sport psychology is a competitive profession with rigorous and demanding entry routes in terms of education, training and accreditation. Once qualified, the sport psychology practitioner will face complex, day-to-day professional challenges of the kind not always covered in conventional sport psychology...
Sport Psychology
The Basics
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Sport Psychology: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental ideas at the heart of Sport Psychology today. It examines the links between sport participants’ behaviours, their personality and their environment to identify the factors which affect performance. Exploring theory...
Routledge Companion to Sport and Exercise Psychology
Global perspectives and fundamental concepts
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Written by an international team of expert contributors, this unique global and authoritative survey explores in full but accessible detail the basic constructs and concepts of modern sport and exercise psychology and their practical application.
The book consists of 62 chapters, written by...