ABSTRACT
Sport psychology is situated in a broader social and cultural context. Sports-specific cultures, socioeconomic factors, societal values, and policies all influence the work of a sport psychology practitioner. Context-driven sport and exercise psychology practice has been defined as practice that is “informed by reciprocal interactions between consultants, clients, and the cultural/sub-cultural contexts they are parts of”. The Sport Psychologist journal published a special issue in 2012 on case studies in sport psychology that is a collection of detailed descriptions and discussions of different approaches and perspectives that illustrate sport psychology interventions as applied to specific individuals, teams, and situations. The contextually intelligent practitioner develop an ability to learn, reflect upon, understand, and take into account the cultural contexts involved in working with athletes. Context-driven sport psychology includes three mutual influential processes: self-reflexivity, contextual awareness, and positioning.
