Sports Psychology category: 506 books
by Sam Jarman
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
The myths are many.
You need to think positive!
You have to control the controllables!
You should see the ball going to the target!
You must have a consistent routine!
Sounds simple, doesn’t it?
But if managing and controlling your thinking on the course...
The Family Game
What Sport and Psychology Teach Us About Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
**What Sport and Psychology Teach Us About Parenting **
‘It’s no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.’
Andre...
Critical Moments During Competition
A Mind-Body Model of Sport Performance When It Counts the Most
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
This book presents first-time research findings and new empirically based perspectives and applications in sport psychology.Highly provocative data derived from the largest single study ever on athletes is used to advance an original model of peak performance centering on a clearly emerging athlete's...
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Impact on Brains, Emotions, and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019
The term chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has recently gained a significant amount of media coverage. However, a large proportion of the information disseminated through the media pertaining to the etiology, neuropathology, and clinical manifestations of CTE are not corroborated by empirical...
Winning Horsemanship
A Judge's Secrets and Tips For Your Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Learn how to cultivate and hone that winning edge.
Have you ever dreamed of taking your horsemanship to the next level; have you ever left the arena thinking you could have done better - or wondering why you didn't? International author, horse riding champion and judge Joanne Verikios shares...
by Ricardo López
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Si hiciramos una encuesta entre los entrenadores y directivos en los niveles infantil y juvenil sobre la manera como los padres participan en el desarrollo deportivo de sus hijos, los resultados expresaran un sentimiento de rechazo casi unnime. Circunstancia realmente sorprendente porque en la mayora...
Mit der Flow-Pyramide zum Erfolg
Das Trainingsheft für Leistungssportler und Trainer
Language: German
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Die Flow-Pyramide hilft jedem Sportler, schnellere Fortschritte zu machen und persönliche Bestleistungen im Wettkampf abzurufen. Es handelt sich um ein komplettes Trainingskonzept, entstanden aus langjähriger Beschäftigung mit den Themen mentales Training und Leistungssteigerung. Dieses Heft stellt...
Scorecasting
The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played,...
by Harvard Business Review, Sir Alex Ferguson, Bill Parcells
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The world's elite athletes and coaches achieve high performance through inspiring leadership, mental toughness, and direction-setting strategic choices. Harvard Business Review has talked to many of these high performers throughout the years to learn how their success translates to the world of business.
If...
A Fine Place to Daydream
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Twenty-five years after his racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels throughout his adopted country and meets the leading trainers...
The Coaching Process
A Practical Guide to Becoming an Effective Sports Coach
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
In this fresh and engaging introduction to sports coaching, Lynn Kidman and Stephanie Hanrahan guide students through the coaching process. Focusing on the practical aspects of sports coaching, the book helps students to develop their basic technical skills as well as strategies for working with individual...
Knowing the Score
What Sports Can Teach Us About Philosophy (And What Philosophy Can Teach Us About Sports)
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
In Knowing the Score, philosopher David Papineau uses sports to illuminate some of modern philosophy's most perplexing questions. As Papineau demonstrates, the study of sports clarifies, challenges, and sometimes confuses crucial issues in philosophy. The tactics of road bicycle racing shed new light...
The Performance Cortex
How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
“A must-read for the cerebral sports fan…like Moneyball except nerdier. Much nerdier.”
--Sports Illustrated
Why couldn't Michael Jordan, master athlete that he was, crush a baseball? Why can't modern robotics come close to replicating the dexterity of a five-year-old? Why do good quarterbacks...
Whose Game Is It, Anyway?
A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and Stage
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
In an era when parents and kids are overwhelmed by a sports-crazed, win-at-all-costs culture, here is a comprehensive guide that helps parents ensure a positive sports experience for their children. In Whose Game Is It, Anyway? two of the country’s leading youth sports psychologists team up with...