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Motor Learning in Practice
A Constraints-Led Approach
- Edited by Ian Renshaw, Keith Davids and Geert J.P. Savelsbergh.
Published March 2010
Motor Learning in Practice explores the fundamental processes of motor learning and skill acquisition in sport, and explains how a constraints-led approach can be used to design more effective learning environments for sports practice and performance. Drawing on ecological psychology, the book…
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Eating Disorders in Sport
- By Ron Thompson, and Roberta Sherman.
Published January 2010
Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive clinical experience to discuss how to identify, manage, treat, and prevent eating disorders in sport…
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Mental Toughness
The Mindset Behind Sporting Achievement
- By Michael Sheard.
Published June 2009
Mental toughness is one of the most common terms used in sport – by athletes, coaches, spectators and the media. However, it is also one of the least understood terms. This book provides a definitive and readable overview of the area, and presents the cutting-edge research in the field of…
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Human Potential
Exploring Techniques Used to Enhance Human Performance
- By David Vernon.
Published June 2009
Throughout time, people have explored the ways in which they can improve some aspect of their performance. Such attempts are more visible today, with many working to gain an ‘edge’ on their performance, whether it is to learn a new language, improve memory or increase golf handicaps. This book…
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Advances in Applied Sport Psychology
A Review
- Edited by Stephen Mellalieu, and Sheldon Hanton.
Published December 2008
Advances in Applied Sport Psychology aims to bridge the gap between research and practice in contemporary sport psychology. Now available in paperback, the book draws together reviews of cutting edge research in key areas of applied sport psychology, assesses the implications of this research for…
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Sport Psychology
- By Arnold LeUnes.
Published June 2008
This new, updated, fourth edition of Arnold LeUnes’s textbook has comprehensive coverage of sport psychology with a healthy balance between theory and application. The strong applied approach is emphasized throughout but is essentially apparent in the second half of the book.
The book features a…
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Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts
- By Ellis Cashmore.
Published May 2008
Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its second edition, Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts offers a highly accessible introduction to this fascinating subject, its central theories and state-of-the-art research. Over 300 alphabetically-ordered entries…
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Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts
- By Ellis Cashmore.
Published May 2008
Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its second edition, Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts offers a highly accessible introduction to this fascinating subject, its central theories and state-of-the-art research. Over 300 alphabetically-ordered entries…
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Pure Sport
Practical Sport Psychology
- By John Kremer, and Aidan P. Moran.
Published January 2008
Are you "only as good as your last game"?
Is it really just a matter of "keeping your eye on the ball"?
Pure Sport: Practical Sport Psychology explains in everyday language the whys and wherefores of contemporary sport psychology – pinpointing what works and what doesn’t when it comes to…
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Sport Psychology
Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams
- By Nicholas T. Gallucci.
Published December 2007
Sport Psychology is a senior undergraduate textbook that provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology with an applied focus and an emphasis on achieving optimal performance.
After the introductory chapters, there are three main sections to the text: Performance Enhancement covers…
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