ABSTRACT

The International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) was founded in 1965. Slightly more than 50 years after the foundation of the ISSP, its Publications Committee endorsed the development of the first ever ISSP Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. The intention was to have a two-volume-set encyclopedia as close to one-stop shopping as there is for this field, covering the span of key thematic areas and key terms. This chapter presents an overview of the project's formation in the discipline of sport and exercise psychology as it can be characterized today, and how one might best draw upon the knowledge (i.e., uptake). The ISSP encyclopedia is a two-volume set. Volume 1 is focused on “Theoretical and Methodological Concepts”. Volume 2, denoted as “Applied and Practical Measures”, contains topics that are delivered in a more practical manner.