Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance

Drawing upon the expertise of more than twenty leaders of their fields, this is a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological concepts and theories as well as to strategies and techniques designed to help future coaches and sport psychologists cultivate peak performance and personal growth through recent advances in sport psychology. The text's four-part organization focuses on motivation and leadership, social interactions, mental training, program implementation, and issues that go beyond performance enhancement. Contributing authors are experts in their topic, and each chapter has been written specifically for this collection.

Customer Reviews:

Really thorough with good examples...

By Alex Dixon - February 16, 2010

I had to get this book for class and was pleasantly surprised how easy a read it's been. Lots of good case studies and a variety of information for coaches and sport psychologists.

Too scholarly

By N. Hansen - January 6, 2012

I had to buy this for a graduate level course and it drove me crazy. It is a book comprised of chapters that are merely research articles. It is almost overboard scholarly to be of worth in sport psychology. I have used better books for the subject, and will not be keeping this one for my personal library.