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Languages : en
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Future Directions for Performance-related Research-sports Psychology. Ref 0135
Author: Future Directions for Performance Related Research in Sports Psychology
Author: Lew HardyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781872158167
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Sports Psychology. Future directions for performance related research
Author: Lew HardyFuture Directions for Performance Related Research in the Sports Sciences
Author: Les BurwitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology
Author: Edson FilhoPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197512496
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This book presents 125 critical research questions to advance the field of sports, exercise, and performance psychology, with 5 must-read papers per chapter. With contributions from expert researchers in their respective areas, this book focuses on performance and learning, health and wellbeing, and cultural and professional considerations.
Social Psychology in Sport
Author: Louise DavisPublisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1718201818
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
"This edited textbook offers a global perspective on research, practice, and future directions in social psychology in sport. Topics include relationships, communication, leadership, motivation, and morality. Readers gain insight into the interactions and dynamics that affect sport performance and the sport experience for youth and adult athletes and coaches"--
An Interdisciplinary Approach. Future Directions for Performance Related Research in the Sports Sciences
Author: L. BurwitzAdvances in Sport Psychology
Author: Thelma S. HornPublisher:
ISBN: 9780873223645
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Editor Thelma Horn has assembled a group of researchers to report on the current and future trends of sport psychology. These contributors, all leading sport psychologists, present a discussion and critical analysis of the current state of knowledge for major research issues, and offer clear recommendations for future research directions.
Stress and Performance in Sport
Author: J. Graham JonesPublisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780471938767
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Covers both theoretical and practical aspects of sports psychology. The first section is devoted to an examination of the relationship between competitive stress and performance, identifying areas that have attracted significant research. It also discusses recent models of stress and performance as well as laboratory-based research, including examination of the differential effects of multidimensional anxiety components, the application of catastrophe theory and reversal theory to stress in sport. The second section focuses on stress management and self-regulation in sport. It discusses goal-setting as a motivation and self-confidence enhancer, anxiety reduction techniques for particular symptoms and the possible mediating role of cognitions in sport performance. Mental training programs for coping with stress and the reasons behind the success of performance routines are also considered. A final section discusses future research directions.
Talent Identification and Development in Sport
Author: Joseph BakerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136961488
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Identifying talent in athletes and developing that ability to its fullest potential is a central concern of sport scientists, sports coaches and sports policy makers. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge in talent identification and development in sport, from the biological basis of ability to the systems and processes within sport through which that ability is nurtured. Written by a team of leading international experts, the book explores key factors and issues in contemporary sport, including: genetics secondary factors such as birth date, cultural context and population size perceptual motor skill acquisition and expertise sports development policy in-depth case studies, including European soccer, East African running and US pro sports. With an emphasis throughout on practical implications and processes for all those working in sport, the book offers an authoritative evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary systems for identifying and developing talent in sport. This is important reading for any student, researcher or practitioner with an interest in skill acquisition, youth sport, elite sport, sports coaching or sports development.