journal, 28;
website, 27
associative concentration techniques, 108
Astle, Jeff, 254
Aston Villa, 20
Atherton, Mike, 9, 127, 146, 156
athletes:
expertise (see expertise in sport);
failure (see failure);
injuries (see injuries; injury reaction);
loss experiences, 264;
performance (see performance skills);
transferability, 181;
success (see success)
Athletic Research Laboratory (University of Illinois), 15–16
attention, 103;
cognitive models, 104–5;
concentration, 103;
definition, 281;
dimensions of, 103–5;
divided, 103, 104, 115, 283;
dual-task paradigm, 112–13;
lapses of, 115–19;
measurement, 108–13
(experimental approach, 112–13;
neuroscientific approach, 110–12;
psychometric approach, 108–10);
mental time-sharing, 103;
multiple resource theories, 104;
Nideffer’s model, 108–10;
one thought principle, 115;
resource pools, 104;
selective, 103, 104, 105, 287;
spotlight metaphor, 104;
see also concentration
attribution theory, 48–55;
attribution defined, 281;
internal and external attributions, 48;
research findings, 49–51;
self-serving bias, 50;
weaknesses, 51–2
attributional style, 51–5, 281;
optimism and pessimism, 51–2, 54;
performance, and, 52–4
Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), 52, 53
attributional training, 54–5
auditory imagery, 133, 135
Australia, 16, 17, 29
Australian Institute of Sport, 110, 175
Australian Psychological Society, 16, 17;
College of Sport Psychologists, 26
Australian Rules Football, 38, 262
Subject index 325