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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| The Science of Sport Psychology | |
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| What is Sport Psychology? | |
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| What Do Sport Psychologists Do? | |
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| A Brief History of Sport Psychology? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Characteristics of Successful Athletes | |
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| Personality Traits and Psychological Dispositions | |
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| Behavioral Tendencies of Elite Athletes | |
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| The Black Athlete | |
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| Cognitive Strategies | |
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| Effects of Spectators on Performance | |
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| Coping with Stress | |
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| Psychology of Drug Abuse | |
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| Peak Performance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Regulating Anxiety and Arousal | |
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| Anxiety and Arousal in Sport | |
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| The Coach's Role in Game Preparation | |
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| Coaching Strategies for Half-Time and Time-Outs | |
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| Incorrect Coaching Strategies That Increase Anxiety and Arousal | |
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| The Choking Phenomenon | |
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| Strategies for Managing Anxiety and Arousal | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Attributions: Explaining the Causes of Performance and Contest Outcomes | |
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| Theoretical Basis | |
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| Attributions and Gender Differences | |
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| Attributions and Skilled Athletes | |
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| Learned Helplessness | |
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| Attributions and Helplessness: The Coach's Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Motiving Athletes: Dos and Don'ts | |
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| What is Motivation? | |
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| Theories of Motivation | |
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| How Not | |
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| To Motive Athletes | |
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| Strategies for Motiving Athletes and Teams | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Aggression in Sport | |
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| What is Aggression? | |
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| Theoretical Bases of Aggression | |
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| Aggression and Sport Performance | |
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| Implications for Coaches and Athletes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Leadership in Sport: A Matter of Style | |
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| Roles of the Coach | |
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| Theories of Leadership in Sport | |
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| Successful Versus Effective Leadership | |
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| Leadership Styles | |
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| Application of Different Coaching Styles in Sport | |
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| What We Don't Know About Sport Leadership | |
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| Leadership Style: A Final Word | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Communication Techniques | |
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| The Need for Dialogue | |
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| The Ten Commandments of Effective Communication in Sport | |
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| Approaching the Coach | |
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| The Ten Commandments of Effective Communication for Game Officials | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| The Counseling Coach | |
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| What is Counseling? | |
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| The Need to Counsel Athletes | |
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| The Need for Team Counseling | |
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| Fundamental Counseling Skills for the Coach | |
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| The Microskills Approach to Counseling | |
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| Counseling Techniques for the Coach-Athlete Interview | |
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| Short-Term Team Counseling | |
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| General Recommendations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Team Climate: Is Everybody Happy? | |
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| How a Group Becomes a Team | |
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| Traits of an Effective Team | |
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| Developing an Effective Team Climate | |
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| Group Dynamics: The Roles and Interactions of Team Members | |
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| Team Cohesion | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Coaching Child Athletes: Special Needs | |
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| When Are Children Ready to Compete? | |
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| Why Children Participate in Sports | |
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| Why Children Drop Out | |
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| The Role of Parents | |
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| Postseason Evaluation | |
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| Coaching Children | |
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| Bill of Rights for Young Athletes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| The Female Athlete | |
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| Brief Historical Perspective | |
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| Describing the Female Athlete | |
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| Personality Characteristics of Elite Female Athletes | |
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| Special Considerations of Female Athletes | |
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| Sex Differences in Physical Maturation | |
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| Implications for Coaching the Female Athlete | |
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| What Female Athletes Have to Say | |
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| Summary | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Conclusions and Future Directions | |
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| The Emergence of Exercise Psychology | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Research and Measurement in Sport Psychology | |
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| Imagery and Progressive Relaxation Sessions | |
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| Strategies for Building Self-Confidence | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |