Don Davies

Psychological Factors in Competitive Sport (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains the importance of psychological factors for achievement and performance in competitive sport. It deals with the development of ability, maximization of performance in competition, emotional health, social adjustement and general well being of the participants in sport. The two main aims are firstly to select and outline ways in which young people can learn to become highly skilled and well adjusted sportsmen and secondly to describe the techniques by which players, having become highly skilled, can perform consistently well under pressure or stress. This book is based on tried and tested methods in teaching and on extensive research findings in the field of sport psychology. There is a strong bias towards the practical and most chapters contain specific guidelines to be followed and detailed practices to be undertaken, making it ideal as a practical text for teachers, coaches or as an aid to self-improvement in the competitor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135388096
• Artikelnr.: 42711527

Autorenporträt

Don Davies

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Terminology
Introduction
Chapter 1. Learning
Motivation and Performance
Chapter 2. Practice
Chapter 3. Teaching Sports Skills
Chapter 4. Anxiety
Stress and Performance
Chapter 5. Anticipation in Ball Games
Chapter 6. Psychological Preparation of Competitors
Chapter 7. Psychological Factors and Performance in Competitive Sport
Chapter 8. Achieving Peak Performance in Sport: Generating Confidence and Developing Concentration
Bibliography
Index