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Sport Psychology: The Basics: Optimising Human Performance

Autor Rhonda Cohen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 feb 2016
This comprehensive and accessible resource can be used as textbook or a self-help book and is aimed at students, athletes, coaches, sport scientists or indeed any-one looking to enhance their performance, whatever their sport or activity. The psychological concepts may even be useful for those working in business. It covers the key topics in sport psychology, but also addresses current issues such as talent identification, mental toughness, risk taking, stress management, mindfulness, gender issues, sporting injuries and the use of social media. It contains examples from a multitude of sports around the world, and new developing areas such as strength and conditioning, extreme sport and combat sports. Recognising the importance for the reader to fully understand the topic in order to apply this knowledge, the book provides a comprehensive overview of each topic before presenting practical applications as well as recommending online resources. Every chapter focuses around answering key questions integral to each topic within sports psychology, helping the reader to progress in their understanding of the theory and learning how to apply it. Sports used as examples include: football (soccer), rugby, tennis, cricket, motorsport, swimming, winter sports, weight lifting, martial arts, athletics (track & field), baseball, and American football.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408172094
ISBN-10: 1408172097
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Provides comprehensive coverage of core topics with worked examples, activities, further reading, case studies, online tasks and workbooks.

Notă biografică

Dr Rhonda Cohen, PhD MSc, PGCHE, CSci, CPsychol, NLP is Head of the London Sport Institute at Middlesex University, UK, and is a Registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist (HPC/BPS), specialising in extreme sports. She is regularly interviewed about sports psychology by the media, including The Times,Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Guardian, Women's Running Magazine, and Top Sante. She has appeared on TV shows such as BBC Inside Sport, Daredevils: Living on the Edge and 60 Minutes. She has a close working relationship with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and Saracens Rugby club.


Cuprins

Part one: Assessing Skills \ 1. Sport Psychology and Assessing Skills. \ Part two: Enhancing Skills \ 2. Confidence and Self efficacy \ 3. Imagery \ 4. Concentration \ 5. Mental Toughness \ Part three: Setting skills and Using Technique \ 6. Goal setting and Motivation \ 7. The Zone, Flow, and Mindfulness \ 8. Cognitive Intervention: NLP and CBT \ Part four: Stress Health and Injury \ 9. Arousal and Anxiety \ 10. Stress Management \ 11. Stress and Injuries \ 12. Injury Intervention \ 13. Exercise Psychology \ Part five : Unique and Individual Aspect \ 14. Talent identification \ 15. Extreme Sport \ 16 Reaction Time \ 17 Gender Differences \ Part six: Into the Future \ 18. Using social media \ 19. Consideration in using sport psychology. \ Glossary \ Resources \ Index


Recenzii

... the section on injury was interesting and certainly something we should integrate into our medical offering... I would potentially recommend it to anyone new to the topic of sport psychology.

Descriere

This comprehensive and accessible resource can be used as textbook or a self-help book and is aimed at students, athletes, coaches, sport scientists or indeed any-one looking to enhance their performance, whatever their sport or activity. The psychological concepts may even be useful for those working in business. It covers the key topics in sport psychology, but also addresses current issues such as talent identification, mental toughness, risk taking, stress management, mindfulness, gender issues, sporting injuries and the use of social media. It contains examples from a multitude of sports around the world, and new developing areas such as strength and conditioning, extreme sport and combat sports. Recognising the importance for the reader to fully understand the topic in order to apply this knowledge, the book provides a comprehensive overview of each topic before presenting practical applications as well as recommending online resources. Every chapter focuses around answering key questions integral to each topic within sports psychology, helping the reader to progress in their understanding of the theory and learning how to apply it. Sports used as examples include: football (soccer), rugby, tennis, cricket, motorsport, swimming, winter sports, weight lifting, martial arts, athletics (track & field), baseball, and American football.