The sport psychologist's handbook : a guide for sport-specific performance enhancement / edited by Joaquín Dosil.

Other author Dosil, Joaquín.
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., ©2006.
Descriptionxxvi, 704 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction to working with athletes -- Applied sport psychology : a new perspective / Joaquín Dosil -- Enhancing coach-athlete relationships : cognitive-behavioral principles and procedures / Frank L. Smoll and Ronald E. Smith -- Providing sport psychology services to families / David N. Sacks, Gershon Tenenbaum, and David Pargman -- An overview of interventions in sport / Robert N. Singer and Mark H. Anshel -- Assessment, evaluation and counseling in sport / Robert N. Singer and Mark H. Anshel -- Team sports -- Using sport psychology to improve basketball performance / Kevin L. Burke -- Psychological interventions with football (soccer) teams / Joaquín Dosil -- "Focused baseball" : using sport psychology to improve baseball performance / Tom Hanson -- "Thinking rugby" : using sport psychology to improve rugby performance / Ken Hodge, Chris Lonslade and Alex McKenzie -- Psychological aspects in the training and performance of team handball athletes / John M. Silva -- Skill learning from an expertise perspective : issues and implications for practice and coaching in cricket / Sean Müller and Bruce Abernethy -- Individual sports -- The psychology of athletics / Joaquín Dosil -- Sport psychology and tennis / Robert Weinberg -- Golf : sport psychology challenges / Linda K. Bunker -- Psychology of cycling / Jim Taylor and Jeff Kress -- Combat sports -- Application of sport psychology for optimal performance in martial arts / Mark H. Anshel and John M. Payne -- Psychological factors and mental skills in wrestling / Brent S. Rushall -- Winter sports -- Sport psychological consulting in ice hocky / Wayne Halliwell, Len Zaichkowsky and Cal Botterill -- A mental preparation guide for figure skaters : a developmental approach / Eva V. Monsma and Deborah L. Feltz -- Water sports -- The sport psychology of Olympic sailing and windsurfing / Ian Maynard -- Psychological aspects of rowing / Michael Kellmann, Gaby BuBmann, Dorothee Anders and Sebastian Schulte -- High performance thinking for professional surfers / Michael Martin -- Motor sports -- Psychological training in motorcycling / Joaquín Dosil and Enrique J. Garcés de Los Fayos -- Shooting sports -- Psychological aspects of archery / Kathleen M. Haywood -- Equestrian sports -- Of two minds : consulting with the horse-and-rider team in dressage, showjumping and polo / Grace Pretty and Don Bridgeman -- Fitness sports -- Sport psychology and fitness activities / Diane L. Gill -- Psychology and bodybuilding / Dave Smith -- Sport psychology in gymnastics / Karen D. Cogan -- Sports for athletes with disabilities -- Providing sport psychology support for athletes with disabilities / Mark Bawden -- Afterword -- It's all about sport performance ... and something else / Mark B. Andersen.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005015432
ISBN0470863552 (hbk.)
ISBN0470863560 (pbk.)
ISBN9780470863558 (hbk.)
ISBN9780470863565 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GV706.4.S675 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold