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Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts
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ABSTRACT
The relationship between sport and exercise psychology and the realm of professional sport and performance has grown exponentially in recent years. Elite athletes increasingly see the value in seeking psychological advice and expertise, while consultants now work in a wider range of elite performance environments.
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 in these exciting industries. The book begins with a section outlining the core skills practitioners require in the field, before chapters discussing individual sports, team sports and the performing arts. Each author looks at how theoretical principles can be applied within a particular professional context, delineating how performers may benefit from working with a psychologist, as well as the ethical and cultural challenges that they faced.
Assessing the role of applied psychologists across a truly unique range of activities, from polo to motor racing and ice hockey to modern dance, Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts: Challenges and Strategies offers unrivalled insights into how sport and exercise psychology can be put into practice in challenging professional environments. It will appeal to anyone studying sport and exercise psychology, or working in the field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|8 pages
Embarking on sport psychology with professional level athletes
part |2 pages
Section I Core skills
chapter 6|12 pages
Ethical practice challenges of consultation in professional sport
part |2 pages
Section II Individual and pair sports
chapter 9|12 pages
How a plant pot led me to performance psychology in women’s professional golf
chapter 10|13 pages
The strategies and methods for working with professional motor racing drivers
chapter 11|13 pages
Consultancy with elite professional boxers and their working teams
part |2 pages
Section III Team sports
chapter 18|12 pages
Working within elite professional cricket: the role of a sport psychology consultant
chapter 19|12 pages
Working within professional baseball: reflections and recommendations on the practice of sport and performance psychology
part |2 pages
Section IV Aesthetics and the performing arts