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Sport Psychology Essentials

Sport Psychology Essentials

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  • Release Date: 15/04/2022
  • Barcode: 9781492599432
  • Genre: Sports & Hobbies
  • Label: Human Kinetics
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
  • Subgenre: Society & Culture
Sport Psychology Essentials

Sport Psychology Essentials

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Sport Psychology Essentials teaches teams, coaches, and athletes to blend mental skills with physical, technical, and tactical training to achieve performance goals. Discover techniques to improve motivation, imagery, self-regulation, concentration, and more. Examine sport psychology research and real-life success stories. Achieve the mindset of a superior athlete with Sport Psychology Essentials! This book is packed with research-based strategies for developing the mental skills necessary to reach your sport performance goals. Coeditor Dave Collins, PhD, is an expert sport psychology practitioner who has been a consultant to more than 80 world-class athletes or Olympic medalists as well as professional teams and performers. Coeditor Andrew Cruickshank, PhD, has also consulted with multiple elite teams and athletes, including world-class athletes and Olympic and Paralympic medalists. The coeditors’ blended approach emphasizes the importance of integrating mental skills training into a holistic training approach to achieve competition-day success.

Sport Psychology Essentials will teach you to do the following:

  • Practice your mental skills during physical training so you are prepared to bring an elite athlete mindset to the arena.
  • Assess your athlete’s or team’s mental skills.
  • Use advanced sport psychology techniques that fit your unique personality and lifestyle to improve motivation, confidence, imagery, self-regulation, and concentration.
  • Enhance the performance potential of your team through leadership, team culture, and shared mental models.
  • Implement plans for optimal team and individual performance using program development, motor skills training, talent development, and strategies to persevere through slumps and adversity.

Success Story sidebars reveal how real-life teams, athletes, and coaches have succeeded in using proven mental training techniques. Learn foundational sport psychology concepts by exploring the scientific background behind mental strategies in athletic performance. Sport Psychology Essentials will help you unlock your sport performance potential and stay ahead of the competition.

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  • Pages: 400
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