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This is a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological concepts and theories as well as to strategies and techniques designed to help future coaches and sport psychologists cultivate peak performance and personal growth through recent advances in sport psychology. The text’s five-part organization focuses on motivation and leadership, social interactions, mental training, program implementation, and issues that go beyond performance enhancement. Contributing authors are experts in their topic, and each chapter has been written specifically for this collection.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- CHAPTER 1 Sport Psychology: Past, Present, Future
- CHAPTER 2 Motor Skill Learning for Effective Coaching and Performance
- CHAPTER 3 Positive Reinforcement, Performance Feedback, and Performance Enhancement
- CHAPTER 4 Motivational Processes and the Facilitation of Performance, Persistence, and Well-Being in Sport
- CHAPTER 5 The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Theory: When Coaches' Expectations Become Reality
- CHAPTER 6 Leadership Effectiveness
- CHAPTER 7 Styles of Decision Making in Coaching
- CHAPTER 8 The Sport Team as an Effective Group
- CHAPTER 9 Communicating Effectively
- CHAPTER 10 Enhancing Coach–Parent Relationships in Youth Sports: Increasing Harmony and Minimizing Hassle*
- CHAPTER 11 Psychological Characteristics of Peak Performance
- CHAPTER 12 Increasing Awareness for Sport Performance
- CHAPTER 13 Goal Setting for Peak Performance
- CHAPTER 14 Arousal–Performance Relationships
- CHAPTER 15 Relaxation and Energizing Techniques for Regulation of Arousal
- CHAPTER 16 Seeing Is Believing: Understanding and Using Imagery in Sport
- CHAPTER 17 Cognitive Techniques for Building Confidence and Enhancing Performance
- CHAPTER 18 Concentration and Attention Control Training
- CHAPTER 19 Strategies for Training Concentration
- CHAPTER 20 Integrating and Implementing a Psychological Skills Training Program
- CHAPTER 21 Development and Implementation of Coach-Training Programs: Cognitive-Behavioral Principles and Techniques1
- CHAPTER 22 When to Refer Athletes for Counseling or Psychotherapy
- CHAPTER 23 Drug Abuse in Sport: Causes and Cures
- CHAPTER 24 Burnout in Sport: Understanding the Process—From Early Warning Signs to Individualized Intervention
- CHAPTER 25 Injury Risk and Rehabilitation: Psychological Considerations
- CHAPTER 26 Career Transition among Athletes: Is There Life after Sports?
- CHAPTER 27 Exercise Psychology
- Author Index
- Subject Index
