Rhonda Cohen: Sport Psychology: The Basics

Cover: 9781408172094 | Sport Psychology: The Basics | Optimising Human Performance | Cohen

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Beschreibung

This comprehensive and accessible resource can be used as textbook or a self-help book and is aimed at students, athletes, coaches, sport scientists or indeed any-one looking to enhance their performance, whatever their sport or activity. The psychological concepts may even be useful for those working in business. It covers the key topics in sport psychology, but also addresses current issues such as talent identification, mental toughness, risk taking, stress management, mindfulness, gender issues, sporting injuries and the use of social media. It contains examples from a multitude of sports around the world, and new developing areas such as strength and conditioning, extreme sport and combat sports.

Recognising the importance for the reader to fully understand the topic in order to apply this knowledge, the book provides a comprehensive overview of each topic before presenting practical applications as well as recommending online resources. Every chapter focuses around answering key questions integral to each topic within sports psychology, helping the reader to progress in their understanding of the theory and learning how to apply it.

Sports used as examples include: football (soccer), rugby, tennis, cricket, motorsport, swimming, winter sports, weight lifting, martial arts, athletics (track & field), baseball, and American football.

Über den Autor

Rhonda Cohen

Zusammenfassung

Provides comprehensive coverage of core topics with worked examples, activities, further reading, case studies, online tasks and workbooks.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Assessing Skills
1. Sport Psychology and Assessing Skills

Part Two: Enhancing Skills
2. Confidence and Self efficacy
3. Imagery
4. Concentration
5. Mental Toughness

Part Three: Setting Skills and Using Technique
6. Goal setting and Motivation
7. The Zone, Flow, and Mindfulness
8. Cognitive Intervention: NLP and CBT

Part Four: Stress Health and Injury
9. Arousal and Anxiety
10. Stress Management
11. Stress and Injuries
12. Injury Intervention
13. Exercise Psychology

Part Five : Unique and Individual Aspect
14. Talent identification
15. Extreme Sport
16. Reaction Time
17. Gender Differences

Part Six: Into the Future
18. Using social media
19. Consideration in using sport psychology

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Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Sport
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Lexika & Handbücher
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781408172094
ISBN-10:	1408172097
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cohen, Rhonda
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	231 x 151 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Rhonda Cohen
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.02.2016
Gewicht:	0,336 kg