Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts (eBook, ePUB)

Challenges and Strategies
Redaktion: Schinke, Robert; Hackfort, Dieter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts: Challenges and Strategies is a unique and timely collection that brings together the experiences and knowledge of a range of applied psychologists working with elite athletes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317612520
• Artikelnr.: 45695453

Autorenporträt

Robert Schinke is the Canada Research Chair in Multicultural Sport and Physical Activity, and a professor at Laurentian University, Canada. He is both a mental training consultant to Olympic and professional athletes and an active researcher. Dieter Hackfort is a professor for sport psychology and the Head of Department for Sport Science at the University FAF Munich. He has served as a counselor for professional performers and athletes of various sports at the Olympic Centers in Germany. His research has been published in 27 books and edited volumes, and in more than 150 contributions in national and international journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Biographies. 1. Embarking on Sport Psychology with Professional Level
Athletes. Section One: Core Skills 2. Context is Everything: Working with
the Transitioning Athlete 3. How To Become A Consulting Business 4.
Overcoming Resistance from Clients and Stakeholders 5. Working with
Transnational Professional Athletes 6. Ethical Practice Challenges of
Consultation in Professional Sport. Section Two: Individual and Pair Sports
7. 20 Years' Experience Working within Professional Tennis 8. My Consulting
Life on the PGA Tour: A Twenty-Five Year Experience 9. How a Plant Pot Led
Me to Performance Psychology in Women's Professional Golf 10. The
Strategies and Methods for working with professional Motor Racing Drivers
11. Consultancy with Elite Professional Boxers and their Working Teams 12.
Working within Professional Mixed Martial Arts 13. Mental Training Program
for a Sumo Wrestler. Section Three: Team Sports 14. Working within Polo: A
Wonderland Experience 15. Working within the National Hockey League 16.
Working within Professional Soccer 17. Working within Professional Rugby
Union 18. Working within Elite Professional Cricket: the role of a Sport
Psychology Consultant 19. Working within Professional Baseball: Reflections
and Recommendations on The Practice of Sport and Performance Psychology.
Section Four: Aesthetics and the Performing Arts 20. From the Sport World
to the Big Top: Jean Francois Menard's Journey with Cirque Du Soleil 21.
Performance Psychology in Ballet and Modern Dance 22. My Journey into
Sports Psychology: Strategies, Challenges and Case Studies 23. Synthesis
and Reflections on Professional Sport Consulting