The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement [Hardcover]

Joaquin Dosil (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470863552 | ISBN-13: 978-0470863558 | Edition: 1

A practical handbook for sports psychologists that outlines the most effective interventions for athletes across a variety of sports.

A practical manual for the growing force of sports psychologists helping today's athletes to unprecedented levels of application and success 

Offers specific guidance on the psychological assessment of athletes, uniquely presented in an accessible sport-by-sport format 

Written by an experienced practicing sports psychologist and author, who draws on his own methods and experience in the field

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From the Back Cover

This practical manual introduces a new concept in applied sport psychology, that is, the need to create specialists in each sporting discipline.

Written by an international team of practising experts, The Sport Psychologist’s Handbook begins with an overview of sports psychology and covers the fundamental concepts that a sports psychologist should consider when working with athletes. The most effective interventions are then discussed for a diverse range of over 25 sports, including team and individual sports, combat sports, equestrian sports, motor sports and winter and water sports. Interventions for athletes with disabilities are also discussed.

This is the first text to provide interventions for so many sports in one comprehensive volume. It is an indispensable guide for practising sports psychologists and postgraduate students of sports psychology, and will also be of interest to coaches and managers of athletes.

Contributors

• Bruce Abernethy, Australia
• Dorothee Anders, Germany
• Mark B. Andersen, Australia
• Mark H. Anshel, USA
• Mark Bawden, UK
• Cal Botterill, Canada
• Gaby Bußmann, Germany
• Linda K. Bunker, USA
• Kevin L. Burke, USA
• Don Bridgeman, Australia
• Karen D. Cogan, USA
• Joaquín Dosil, Spain
• Deborah L. Feltz, USA
• Enrique J. Garcés de los Fayos, Spain
• Diane L. Gill, USA
• Wayne Halliwell, Canada
• Tom Hanson, USA
• Kathleen M. Haywood, USA
• Ken Hodge, New Zealand
• Michael Kellmann, Germany
• Jeff Kress, USA
• Chris Lonsdale, New Zealand
• Michael Martin, Australia
• Ian Maynard, UK
• Alex McKenzie, New Zealand
• Eva V. Monsma, USA
• Sean Müller, Australia
• David Pargman, USA
• John M. Payne, USA
• Grace Pretty, Australia
• Brent S. Rushall, USA
• David N. Sacks, USA
• Sebastian Schulte, Germany
• John M. Silva, USA
• Robert N. Singer, USA
• Dave Smith, UK
• Ronald E. Smith, USA
• Frank L. Smoll, USA
• Jim Taylor, USA
• Gershon Tenenbaum, USA
• Robert Weinberg, USA
• Len Zaichkowsky, USA

About the Author

Dr Joaquin Dosil is a professor at the University of Vigo in Northwest Spain and head of the doctoral course: "Current Perspectives of Physical Activity and Sport Psychology". His areas of research interest include peak performance in different sports, eating disorders in sport, cyberpsychology of sport, and referees' sport psychology. He is a foundation member and the current President of the Ibero-American Society of Sport Psychology (SIPD), as well as a member of the international Society of Sport Psychology. he is on the editorial board for the two most important sport psychology journals in Spain, along with various sport science reviews. Dr Dosil is the Director of a sport psychology unit in Santiago de Compositely, where he attends athletes and sport teams from various modalities and levels. In particular he works with many Olympic athletes, golfers, world-leading motorcyclists and tennis players, while directing psychological programmes with various professional football and basketball teams. He has published 11 sport psychology books-most notably, the leading text in the Hispanic world: Psicologia de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte (Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport), published by McGraw-Hill-and has produced over 70 articles and chapters. Professor Dosil Frequently participates as a lecturer in international and national congresses, master's and doctoral degree programmes. He is an avid runner, specialising in distance events, particularly the half-marathon. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife (Olaia), family and friends, s well as practicing surfing, beach volley, football, basketball and tennis.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 732 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470863552
• ISBN-13: 978-0470863558
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,509,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an applied sport psychology book, February 1, 2006

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kevin holpe "kev" (new york, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement (Paperback)

This book is divided in two parts: 1. An overview of applied sport psychology (intervention with coaches, family, athlete, etc.), and 2. Consulting with specific sports (basket, soccer, ice hockey, cricket, handball, gymnastic, athletics, tennis, golf, rowing, figure skating... and more and more...). The Sport Psychologist's Handbook is a must have practical manual for applied sport psychologist, athletes, and coaches... The contributors are well-know sport psychogist, and they have experience consulting in different sports.

Definitly, I recommend this book if you are a sport psychologist...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars practical book, February 1, 2006

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jeremy "jeremy" (ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement (Paperback)

I have reviewed this book, and it's very practical...It's the first book to describe several interventions with specific teams and athletes (ice hockey, basketball, motorcycling, golf...). The Sport Psychologit's Handbook is an autentic Encyclopedia of applied sport psychologist!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sport Psychologist's Handbook : A Guide for Sport Specific Performance Enhancement, September 6, 2007

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Danai Bualert (Thailand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement (Hardcover)

With this book, I also had purchased the "Test Youe EQ : Find Out How Emotionally Intelligent You Really Are" and the "Counselling Athletes : Applying Reversal Theory".

Actually these books have been used by my son who are doing his Master Degree in the Psychology in Thailand (a small country in Southeast Asia). His aim is to go through the Sport Psychology Knowhow which is nothing in our Thailand at present. Not too many people know about what the Sport Psychology can do to their Emotional Enhancement and sports.

I had asked my son on what he get from these books, he told me that;

"Dear dad, all I can say is all the books are great and very useful. They become my bible for what I'm doing right now."

One thing I observe from my son is he is better in controlling his emotion and love his subject of "Psychology" much more than I have

expected before he entered this course. These books may contribute a great assistance to widenning his eyes and also his metal thinking.

Thank you for the writers, at least with your books, you help me guide a man to go for his dream. Thanks

Danai Bualert.....7/9/2007