DOING SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

• Other Authors: Andersen, Mark B. 1951-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: United States Human Kinetics 2000
• Subjects: Sports > Psychological aspects
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 Unlike most books, Doing Sport Psychology provides insight into the actual delivery of sport psychology. Whether you are a graduate student or a professional in the field, you will find the dialogue, analysis, interpretation, and commentary extremely practical and thought provoking. While other books tend to focus on what to do to enhance performance, this text provides powerful and revealing insights into how it is done by the people who do it best. This book will help you understand how sport psychologists do their work and how relationships develop between sport psychologists and athletes. In Doing Sport Psychology you will find ⚫ intimate details of sessions directed by professionals using a variety of models; ⚫ transcripts of dialogue between counselors and athletes, which clearly demonstrate what sport psychology sessions actually sound like; ⚫ specifics on how coaches, physical therapists, and other professionals administer sport psychology.