{"product_id":"the-sport-psychologists-handbook-isbn-9780470863565","title":"The Sport Psychologist's Handbook","description":"A practical handbook for sports psychologists that outlines the most effective interventions for athletes across a variety of sports.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eA practical manual for the growing force of sports psychologists helping today's athletes to unprecedented levels of application and success \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers specific guidance on the psychological assessment of athletes, uniquely presented in an accessible sport-by-sport format \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by an experienced practicing sports psychologist and author, who draws on his own methods and experience in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAbout the Editor.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1: INTRODUCTION TO WORKING WITH ATHLETES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Applied Sport Psychology: A New Perspective \u003ci\u003e(Joaquín Dosil).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Enhancing Coach-Athlete Relationships: Cognitive-Behavioral Principles and Procedures \u003ci\u003e(Frank L. Smoll and Ronald E. Smith).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Providing Sport Psychology Services to Families \u003ci\u003e(David N. Sacks, Gershon Tenenbaum, and David Pargman).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. An Overview of Interventions in Sport \u003ci\u003e(Robert N. Singer and Mark H. Anshel).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Assessment, Evaluation and Counseling in Sport (Robert N. Singer and Mark H. Anshel). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II:  TEAM SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Using Sport Psychology to Improve Basketball Performance \u003ci\u003e(Kevin L. Burke).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Psychological Interventions with Football (Soccer) Teams \u003ci\u003e(Joaquín Dosil).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. ‘Focused Baseball’: Using Sport Psychology to Improve Baseball Performance \u003ci\u003e(Tom Hanson).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. ‘Thinking Rugby’: Using Sport Psychology to Improve Rugby Performance \u003ci\u003e(Ken Hodge, Chris Lonsdale and Alex McKenzie).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Psychological Aspects in the Training and Performance of Team Handball Athletes \u003ci\u003e(John M. Silva).               \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Skill Learning from an Expertise Perspective:  Issues and Implications for Practice and Coaching In Cricket \u003ci\u003e(Sean Müller and Bruce Abernethy).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III:  INDIVIDUAL SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. The Psychology of Athletics \u003ci\u003e(Joaquín Dosil).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Sport Psychology and Tennis \u003ci\u003e(Robert Weinberg).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Golf: Sport Psychology Challenges \u003ci\u003e(Linda K. Bunker).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Psychology of Cycling \u003ci\u003e(Jim Taylor and Jeff Kress).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV:  COMBAT SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Application of Sport Psychology for Optimal Performance in Martial Arts \u003ci\u003e(Mark H. Anshel and John M. Payne).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17. Psychological Factors and Mental Skills in Wrestling \u003ci\u003e(Brent S. Rushall).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V:  WINTER SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18. Sport Psychological Consulting in Ice Hockey \u003ci\u003e(Wayne Halliwell, Len Zaichkowsky and Cal Botterill).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19.  A Mental Preparation Guide for Figure Skaters: A Developmental Approach \u003ci\u003e(Eva V. Monsma and Deborah L. Feltz).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI:  WATER SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20.  The Sport Psychology of Olympic Sailing and Windsurfing \u003ci\u003e(Ian Maynard).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21. Psychological Aspects of Rowing \u003ci\u003e(Michael Kellmann, Gaby Bußmann, Dorothee Anders and Sebastian Schulte).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca id=\"_Toc81885033\" name=\"_Toc81885033\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22.  High Performance Thinking for Professional Surfers \u003ci\u003e(Michael Martin).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VII:  MOTOR  SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23. Psychological Training in Motorcycling \u003ci\u003e(Joaquín Dosil and Enrique J. Garcés de Los Fayos).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VIII:  SHOOTING  SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24. Psychological Aspects of Archery \u003ci\u003e(Kathleen M. Haywood).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IX:  EQUESTRIAN  SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25. Of Two Minds: Consulting with the Horse and Rider Team in Dressage, Showjumping and Polo \u003ci\u003e(Grace Pretty and Don Bridgeman).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART X:  FITNESS  SPORTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26. Sport Psychology and Fitness Activities \u003ci\u003e(Diane L. Gill).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 27. Psychology and Bodybuilding \u003ci\u003e(Dave Smith).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 28. Sport Psychology in Gymnastics \u003ci\u003e(Karen D. Cogan).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART XI:  SPORTS FOR ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 29. Providing Sport Psychology Support for Athletes with Disabilities \u003ci\u003e(Mark Bawden).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART XII:  AFTERWORD\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 30. It’s All About Sport Performance . . . and Something Else  \u003ci\u003e(Mark B. Andersen).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Compostela, 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, as well as practicing surfing, beach volley, football, basketball and tennis.  \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis practical manual introduces a new concept in applied sport psychology, that is, the need to create specialists in each sporting discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by an international team of practising experts, \u003ci\u003eThe Sport Psychologistâ??s Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e 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. 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