Sport And Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction

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Sport and Exercise Psychology ...

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Sport and Exercise Psychology A Critical Introduction Aidan P.Moran LONDON AND NEW YORK ...

First published 2004 by Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Ro ...

To three special people in my life: My mother, Nora Moran, my girlfriend, Angela, and my late nephew, Tristan Moran, who died fo ...

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Contents Foreword^ ix Preface^ xi Acknowledgements^ Xii List of figures^ xiv Part one Introducing sport and exercise psychology ...

Part four Exploring health, exercise and injury 211 8 Does a healthy body always lead to a healthy mind? Exploring exercise psyc ...

Foreword With increasing interest in and even a fascination with sport psychology and health psychology in academic environments ...

major relevant topics, those that can be addressed with sufficiency in a one-semester class. Mostly considered are what is invol ...

Preface Recent years have witnessed an upsurge of popular and scientific interest in the psychological factors that are associat ...

Acknowledgements This book would not have been possible without the help that I received from a large number of friends and coll ...

Connecticut University), Noel McCaffrey (Dublin City University), Alan Ringland (Institute of Technology, Tralee), P.J.Smyth (Un ...

Figures 1.1 Sport is played with the body but won in the mind 4 1.2 Four aspects of athletic performance 7 1.3 It is a myth that ...

4. Serena Williams uses trigger words to help her to concentrate effectively 119 5. Tiger Woods uses kinaesthetic imagery to “fe ...

Part one INTRODUCING SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Overview Many prominent athletes and coaches believe that although sport is p ...

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Chapter 1 Introducing sport and exercise psychology: discipline and profession I think a lot of the game is how you feel upstair ...

Unfortunately, this idea that athletes have narrative needs has not been investigated empirically as yet. Figure 1.1 Sport is pl ...