Tony Westbury

Faster, Fitter, Happier (eBook, PDF)

75 questions with a Sport Psychologist

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to bridge the gap between the practice of sport psychology and the theoretical foundations on which the profession is based. It features a series of questions the author has been asked in 25 years as a practitioner working across a range of sports.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315525327
• Artikelnr.: 49262143

Autorenporträt

Tony Westbury has worked as an applied sport psychologist for the past 25 years, working at all levels from novices to Olympians. He is the course leader of the MSc in Sport Performance Enhancement at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Why Do We Need a Psychology of Sport? Chapter 2. Do I Need Sport
Psychology? Chapter 3. Motivation: Making sense of the 'Will to WIN'
Chapter 4. Can Sport Psychology Stop Me Being Sick With Nerves Before I
Play? Chapter 5. Choking, Ball-Watching and 'Sledging' - Applying the
Science of Attention to Staying Focussed in Sport Performance Chapter 6.
It's All About Having a Positive Mental Attitude - Isn't It? Chapter 7.
Team Spirit: Accident or Design? Chapter 8. Children and Youth Sport: The
Mind of a Child is Not a Vessel to be Filled, it is a Fire to be Kindled
Chapter 9. The Psychology of Sport Injury: There Are Two Types of Performer
- Those Who Are Currently Injured and Those Who Will Become Injured Chapter
10. Knowing When to Stop: Psychology and the Transition Out of Sport
Chapter 11. Pulling the Threads Together - One Last Time