ABSTRACT
For as long as people have played sport, people have asked psychological questions about sport without reliable answers. Sport psychologists are answering these questions through the systematic and scientific study of psychological issues in, of, and through sport. In youth sport settings, sport psychologists rely on a safe-looking foothold or firmly anchored stone to grasp as they ascend the competition trellis with their clients. And such aids exist in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT offers children a way to change how they feel by changing the way they think. This chapter unfurls the diaphanous folds of CBT with young athletes, drawing on case studies from the author’s own work with a young golfer and gymnast.
