Northern Ireland, 220
novice athletes:
experts, and see expert-novice differences;
expertise in sport
Novotna, Jana, 90, 91
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 145
obligatory exercise, 240;
see also exercise dependence
occipital cortex, 134
occipital lobe, 135, 285
occlusion paradigm, 171, 175
O’Gara, Ronan, 121
Olympic athletes, 9;
imagery, use of, 155
Olympic Games, 21–2, 85, 98, 105, 131, 166;
sport psychologists, 21–2, 29
On the Line (BBC Radio), 30
one thought principle, 115
O’Neill, Keith, 263
optimal performance, 284
optimistic explanatory style, 51–2, 54
O’Sullivan, Ronnie “The Rocket,” 6
O’Sullivan, Sonia, 104–5
Ouija board, 120
outcome goals, 56–7
over-analysis, 89
overtraining, 238–9, 242, 285;
symptoms, 239
Pace, Darrell, 84
Pacino, Al, 225, 226
Paisley, Bob, 182
paradigm, defined, 286
paralysis by analysis, 88
paratelic dominance, 286, 287
parietal lobe, 286
pattern recall, 173–4
pattern recognition tasks, 173–4, 286
peak performance experiences, 5, 105–7, 115, 286
pep talks, 85
Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport, 46
Perceptions of Success Questionnaire (POSQ), 45
perfectionism, 79
performance:
anxiety, and, 72, 84, 85–94
(see also anxiety);
attributional style and, 52–4;
catastrophe theory, 88;
“choking” under pressure, 90–4
(see also choking under pressure);
Subject index 342