ABSTRACT

This book brings together world-class professionals to share theoretical understanding applied to sport, exercise and performance domains. It highlights how to be more effective in developing psychological skills, context and understanding for educators, students and professionals.

From both academic and practitioner perspectives, this book takes readers through contextual understanding of this field of study and into a wide variety of important areas. Specifically, the chapters focus on the mind-body relationship and performance challenges, and on core mental skills applied across different sport, exercise and performance examples (including professional athletes, normal exercise populations and military service members). The final section expands the context into the role of relationships and performance in group settings to cover a broad practice of modern day applied performance psychology.

part I|1 pages

Contextual Understanding

chapter 1|13 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|13 pages

Governance on the Move

Actively Applying Ethics in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology Settings

chapter 4|16 pages

Personality in Relation to Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology

Perspectives and Guidelines for Professional Practice

part II|1 pages

Mind-Body Relationship and Performance Challenges

chapter 7|23 pages

Arousal, Stress, and Anxiety in Sport, Exercise, and Performance

Concepts and Management Strategies

chapter 8|17 pages

Burnout

chapter 9|26 pages

Sport Injury

Psychological Consequences and Management Strategies

chapter 10|22 pages

Clinical Issues in Sport, Exercise and Performance

A Whole-Person Approach to Helping Athletes and Individuals Succeed in Sport and Life

chapter 11|29 pages

The Evolution of a Career

Navigating Through and Adapting to Transitions in Sport, Exercise, and Performance

part III|16 pages

Core Mental Skills

part IV|1 pages

The Role of Relationships and Performance in Groups