Sport Psychology Essentials

• 15 april 2022
• 9781492599432

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Elevate your athletic performance by integrating mental training with physical practice using research-based strategies. Uncover techniques to boost focus, imagery, confidence, and resilience. Real-life success stories provide insight into aligning mental skills with personal and team goals for competitive excellence.



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.