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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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Group Dynamics in Exercise and Sport Psychology

Contemporary Themes

• Edited by Mark R. Beauchamp, and Mark A. Eys.

Published November 2007

Can a better understanding of group dynamics raise individual and team athletic performance or improve the outcomes of exercise interventions? Much human behaviour in sport and exercise settings is embedded within groups where individuals’ cognitions, emotions, and behaviours influence and are…
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Developing Sport Expertise

Researchers and Coaches put Theory into Practice

• Edited by Damian Farrow, Joseph Baker and Clare MacMahon.

Published November 2007

An athlete’s development from ‘ordinary’ talent to elite accomplishment in sport is a long one. The emergence and fine tuning of high level sport skills takes place in increments over many years and is a journey that fascinates sport scientists, sports coaches and sports fans alike. Developing…
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Psychology of Physical Activity

Determinants, Well-Being and Interventions

• By Nanette Mutrie, and Stuart J.H. Biddle.

Published August 2007

In today’s urbanized and technologized society, physical activity is becoming an increasingly peripheral part of our daily lives. This second edition is updated to reflect new findings and current research directions, and includes full textbook features, such as key points and chapter summaries.…
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Exercise Dependence

• By John H. Kerr, Koenraad J. Lindner and Michelle Blaydon.

Published July 2007

Exercise dependence or addiction has been described as a 'positive addiction', but it can have links with damaging dysfunctional and excessive behaviours, including eating disorders. Clinical and sport psychologists now acknowledge the condition and report that it can be found in recreational…
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Acquiring Skill in Sport: An Introduction

• By John Honeybourne.
• Series Edited by Professor J A Mangan, and Frank Galligan.

Published August 2006

This user-friendly, accessible text will enable new students to understand the basic concepts of sport skills acquisition. Each chapter covers important theoretical background and shows how this theory can be applied through practical examples from the world of sport. The book also…
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Sport Psychology: A Student's Handbook

• By Matt Jarvis.

Published June 2006

This book offers a student-friendly introduction to the discipline of sport psychology. All the key psychological issues in sport are explored, and difficult questions are raised: are athletes born or made? Does playing sport affect personality? What effect do cultural beliefs have…
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Managing Performance Stress

Models and Methods

• By David Pargman.

Published May 2006

Over the past 16 years, new theories and models have emerged in the stress and anxiety knowledge base regarding the unique forms associated with performance. Existing theories have been applied in creative and helpful ways to better explicate relationships between stress and anxiety with…
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Existential Psychology and Sport

Theory and Application

• By Mark Nesti.

Published May 2006

This book offers a radical alternative to the cognitive and cognitive-behavioural approaches that have dominated sport psychology, and is the first to systematically apply existential psychological theory and phenomenological method to sport psychology. This much-needed alternative framework for…
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