Customer Reviews

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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The book is great and I am learning a lot! It is soo easy to read also!

I really am enjoying this textbook. it covers exactly what i thought it woudl and then some. since having bought it i have found out that it is the gold standard for sports psychology -added incentive. its easy to read adn cpmprehend adn the online study guide is just great, full of activities and review options. it arrived sooner than expected too, and i just had it on normal shipping :)

This book was in great condition when I recieved it. No marks on pages or highlighting. The cover is in reasonable order for a second hand book and there are no torn pages. It is exectly what I wanted and ordered.

My first batch of teacher trainees majoring in Physical Education were initially using the 4th edition as their text book early this year. As English language is their second language, I have to prepare my lecture materials in our national language (Bahasa Malaysia)based on that text book, while at the same time cracking my head to think of some hands-on activities for them to do. As I was browsing the site for sports psychology books, this 5th edition with online study guide actually caught my attention. So, with my colleagues' recommendation, they helped me to purchase the book through amazon.com (as I'm not very IT savvy, and also I have my doubts on purchasing online products).

The book arrived in good condition (securely packed), three week ahead of the estimated arrival date. Since then, there's no turning back, and I'm looking forward for the next semester to begin early next year, to fully utilize this book and its online activities for my next batch of students.

The book was in great condition just like the seller said. It arrived it great time. I would buy from this seller again.

Perhaps I'm not being fair on discussing how this book is being organized since so many of the ideas overlap so heavily... Nonetheless, this book seems to have almost no logical organization. Sometimes, when I'm reading a chapter, I'll feel like I'm reading something straight out of the last chapter. Not to mention the hierarchy within a chapter is chaotic at best. The use of the same size, same bold font for every heading makes it feel more like a poorly made wikipedia page on the topic than a logical chapter presenting the information. For god's sakes, change the font to reflect the hierarchy of the chapter. I've never seen a textbook fail to do so so miserably.

On top of this, it often feels like the authors just "threw" as much information in on a given topic as they could. Reading the little bullet points every few pages seems to almost conflict with some of the things mentioned in the book.

All in all, this is a VERY frustrating book to read and if you aren't somewhat interested in the topic already, it will not be an easy read. I have never used a worse textbook in my studies and I am in my second year of university, having taken psychology and exercise physiology courses with a lot in common with the course I use this for now.

If there's a way to avoid using this book (note to professors), please spare your class. You might understand it fairly well but students with less knowledge in the field will find it ridiculously boring and overwhelming.

Book is in great condition, very informative and professsionally written. Purchased this book for a college course.
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i bought this for a sports psychology class. it's really hard to read, in terms of style of writing. a bit boring.

The textbook is missing 13 pages. I did not realize this until the course that I am taking had already begun. Please advise if they will ship another one after the course is over. It is pages 195-206

Suceeding in sport is not made by hazard.... it needs specific aptitudes that Mr WEINBERG et Mr GOULD explained very well in their booK. Please to the readers:can you give me the e mail ftom Mr Weinberg and Me Gould. I want to join them. Thank you. MICHEL REQUET