Sport And Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction

4.

Serena Williams uses trigger words to help her to concentrate

effectively

119

5.

Tiger Woods uses kinaesthetic imagery to “feel” his shots

before he plays them

128

5.2 It is dangerous to listen to a football match while driving a car 135

6.1 Phil “The Power” Taylor—the greatest darts player of all time? 155

6.2a A meaningful “three-man defence” pattern in rugby 164

6.2b A meaningless “three-man defence” pattern in rugby 164

6.

Eye-tracking technology allows psychologists to study visual

search behaviour in expert athletes

166

7.

Team spirit helped the European team to victory over the USA

in the 2002 Ryder Cup

188

7.

Strained relations between captain and manager... Roy Keane

and Mick McCarthy shake hands but avoid eye-contact

189

7.3^ Carron’s model of group cohesion^192

7.4 The joy of schools’ rugby—celebrating a try 207

8.1 Theories of reasoned action and planned behaviour 232

8.

The transtheoretical model of behaviour change applied to

physical activity

236

9.1^ Injury is almost inevitable in sport^242

9.2 Diagram of cognitive appraisal model of injury reaction 257