external rewards, 41–2
extrinsic motivation, 40, 284;
intrinsic motivation, and, 40–2
eye-tracking technology, 175–8, 284
Fagan, Patsy, 90
failing adaptation, 239
failure:
attributions for, 49;
fear of, 43, 72, 79
faith-healers, 31
Faldo, Nick, 8, 9, 91
false starts (sprinting), 85
fast-ball, 167
fast reactions, 167
Faulds, Richard, 131
fear:
anxiety, and, 71–2, 73–4;
failure, of, 43, 72, 79
Federation Européenne de Psychologic des Sport et des Activites Corporelles (FEPSAC), 16, 26,
27
feeling-oriented imagery, 135;
see also kinaesthetic imagery
FEPSAC see Federation Européenne de Psychologic des Sport et des Activites Corporelles
Ferguson, Sir Alex, 14, 31, 37, 182, 199
fight or flight response, 74
figure skating, 163
First International Congress of Sport Psychology, 1965, 16
Fischer, Bobby, 164
fitness see physical fitness
Flanagan, John, 168
flow states, see peak performance experiences
fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), 111, 133, 134
focus see concentration
focus groups, 19, 266, 284
football, 3, 12, 14, 115, 131, 132, 153, 164, 175, 181, 215, 220;
injuries, 255–6, 258, 260, 262;
injury rehabilitation, 276;
managers, 181–2;
sport psychology in, 30–1;
see also soccer
Football Association, 31
Ford, Henry, 225, 226
free diving, 64
French football team, 195, 274
French Open Championship, 1995, 91
French rugby team, 84
Fry, Stephen, 72
functional equivalence theory, 142, 148–9, 284
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 111, 133, 134, 284
Subject index 333