Sport Psychologist's Handbook A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement

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 Bu'mann, Germany Linda K. Bunker, USA Kevin L. Burke, USA Don Bridgeman, Australia Karen D. Cogan, USA Joaquin Dosil, Spain Deborah L. Feltz, USA Enrique J. Garces 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 Muller, 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, USADosil, Joaquin is the author of 'Sport Psychologist's Handbook A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement' with ISBN 9780470863565 and ISBN 0470863560.