"SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGICAL
""This book is a joy to read and greatly needed. The overall scholarly quality is very strong, and the chapters are clear, accessible, helpful and interesting - a rare combination. There are few texts that examine sport and exercise from a practitioner’s perspective, and fewer that help students and trainees navigate the complex terrain of practice. The editors should be congratulated on pulling together a book that educates, inspires, provokes, and will be of practical use."" —Professor Brett Smith, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
Sport and Exercise Psychology: Practitioner Case Studies is a contemporary text focusing on current issues in the discipline of sport and exercise psychology. Integrating research and practice in order to develop a coherent understanding of existing knowledge, future research directions and applied implications within the field, the text explores issues pertinent to the applied practitioner/supervisor and draws on expert commentary to investigate potential solutions to many key issues. Each chapter uses a case study approach to allow internationally recognized contributors to highlight and evaluate their experience across a broad range of sport and exercise performance areas. Practitioners are provided with a full range of available interventions to address specific types of psychological issue including performing under pressure, working with teams, injury rehabilitation, working with coaches, mental toughness, career transitions, athlete well- being, physical activity promotion, exercise and body image, lifestyle interventions, exercise dependence, and motor learning and control.
Sport and Exercise Psychology is supported by a range of online materials designed to help both study and practice. It presents content that is directly applicable to those seeking to enter the profession, and which can also inform the ongoing development of reflective practitioners."
About the Contributors ix Acknowledgements xix About the Companion Website xxi PART 1 Sport and Performance Psychology Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Stewart Cotterill, Neil Weston, and Gavin Breslin Chapter 2 Managing Difficult Interpersonal Relationships: A Basic Psychological Needs Approach 7 Richard Hampson and Chris Harwood Chapter 3 The Use of Team Strengths at a Major Championship 21 Tim Holder Chapter 4 Concentration and Optimal Performance Under Pressure 37 Stewart Cotterill and Aidan Moran Chapter 5 A Search for Meaning: An Integrative Approach to Stress Management Following a Career‐ending Injury 55 Christopher R. D. Wagstaff Chapter 6 Personality and Group Functioning: Managing a Narcissist’s Ego 73 Chelsey Dempsey, Chin Wei Ong, Ross Roberts, and Tim Woodman Chapter 7 Returning to Sport Following Serious Injury: A Case Study of a Professional Rugby Union Player 93 Lynne Evans Chapter 8 Transition Indecision: A Case Study of an Athlete’s Move from Playing to Coaching 111 Robert Morris and David Tod Chapter 9 Ahead of the Competition: Anxiety Control in Archery 125 Joanne Batey and Rebecca Symes PART 2 Coaching Psychology Chapter 10 Impression Management in Professional Football: A Case Study from the Coach’s Perspective 149 Andrew Manley and Richard Thelwell Chapter 11 Managing Coach Stress in Teams Through Enhanced Role Clarity and Communication 175 Neil Weston Chapter 12 Training a Coach to be Autonomy‐Supportive: An Avenue for Nurturing Mental Toughness 193 John W. Mahoney, Daniel F. Gucciardi, Sandy Gordon, and Nikos Ntoumanis Chapter 13 Creating a Successful and Eff ective Coaching Environment through Interpersonal Sports Coaching 215 Vaithehy Shanmugam and Sophia Jowett PART 3 Motor Learning and Control Chapter 14 The Role of Psychology in Enhancing Skill Acquisition and Expertise in High Performance Programmes 241 Keith Davids, Ian Renshaw, Ross Pinder, Dan Greenwood, and Sian Barris Chapter 15 Developing Motor Skill in Practice: A Case of Mastering ‘Heelfl ips’ 261 Keith Lohse and Nicola J. Hodges Chapter 16 Improving Anticipation in Racket Sports: An Evidence‐based Intervention 279 David T. Hendry, Colm Murphy, Nicola J. Hodges, and A. Mark Williams PART 4 Psychology of Physical Activity and Exercise Chapter 17 Promoting Physical Activity in Ireland: A Case Study of All Island All Active (AIAA) 301 Gavin Breslin, Fiona Chambers, and Deirdre Brennan Chapter 18 Athlete Wellbeing 315 Abbe Brady Chapter 19 Physical Activity and Self‐concept: A Humanistic Intervention 333 Susan O’Neill and John Kremer Chapter 20 Developing a School‐based Physical Activity Protocol for Those with Intellectual Disabilities 355 Ben Lee Fitzpatrick, Gavin Breslin, and Laurence Taggart Chapter 21 Exercise and Body Image 373 Ruth Lowry Chapter 22 Physical Activities to Improve Children’s Health (PATCH): Implementing a School‐Based Intervention for Children 395 Gavin Breslin, Conor Cunningham, and Marie H. Murphy Chapter 23 Contemporary Lifestyle Interventions for Public Health – Potential Roles for Professional Sports Clubs 417 Colin Baker, Elizabeth Loughren, Diane Crone, Adam Tutton and Peter Aitken Chapter 24 Exercise Dependence 437 Dave Smith, Bruce D. Hale, and Christine Selby Chapter 25 Long‐term Behaviour Change Through an Exercise Intervention During Breast Cancer Treatment 457 Anna Campbell and Kate Heff eron Index 479
Dr Stewart Cotterill is a Reader in Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Winchester. Dr Cotterill is the author of several books, including Team Psychology in Sports (2012) and The Psychology of Cricket (2013). He is the inaugural editor of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology (CSSEP) journal, and serves on the BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology committee. He has extensive applied experience and is currently working as a consultant in professional rugby. Dr Neil Weston is a Principal lecturer in Sport Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. He is a British Psychological Society Chartered, and Health and Care Professions Council Registered, Sport and Exercise Psychologist with experience of working with a variety of athletes and coaches. Neil is a member of the BPS Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology Training Committee. Dr Gavin Breslin is a Senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Ulster University. Dr Breslin has co-authored over 40 peer reviewed articles in the area of sport and exercise, is the Course Director for the MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Ulster, and is a committee member of the BPS Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP).
