The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement (Hardcover)

by Joaquin Dosil (Editor) "Traditionally, coaches and athletes have focused their efforts on physical training..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Human Kinetics, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology (more...)

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Product Description
Sport psychology is attracting growing interest, both at a practitioner level and in psychology departments at universities. Designed as a practical manual for those working in the field, this book is divided into two parts. The first gives an overview of the topic and deals with the basic concepts that sports psychologists must take into account when they begin working with athletes. The second deals with specific sports in more detail, and outline the most effective methods of psychological assessment and intervention.

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

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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 (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,137,287 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

By	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

By	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

By	Danai Bualert (Thailand) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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