Foundations of sport and exercise psychology
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Foundations of sport and exercise psychology
Human Kinetics, c1999
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-528) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introduction explains the basic concepts and principles in the field of sport and exercise psychology, and shows how they can be applied to counselling, teaching, coaching, sports medicine and fitness instruction.
Table of Contents
- Exercise motivation
- group and team behaviour
- communication skills
- self-confidence
- goal orientations
- intrinsic motivation
- exercise and psychological well-being
- goal setting
- substance abuse and eating disorders
- children in sport and exercise
- co-operaation and competition
- leadership
- arousal regulation
- achievement motivation
- anxiety and performance
- concentration/attentional control
- imagery
- psychology of injury
- burnout and overtraining
- character development and sportspersonship (part contents).
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