List of contributors, vi Foreword, vii Preface, viii 1 Introduction, 1 Britton W. Brewer 2 Motivation, 7 Robert S. Weinberg 3 Attention, concentration and thought management, 18 Aidan P. Moran 4 Management of competitive stress in elite sport, 30 Sheldon Hanton, Owen Thomas and Stephen D. Mellalieu 5 Confidence in sport, 43 Robin S. Vealey 6 Mental preparation for training and competition, 53 Daniel Gould, M. Ryan Flett and Eric Bean 7 Enhancing team effectiveness, 64 Albert V. Carron, Shauna M. Burke and Kim M. Shapcott 8 Injury prevention and rehabilitation, 75 Britton W. Brewer 9 Clinical issues, 87 Britton W. Brewer 10 Child and adolescent development and sport participation, 97 Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal, Nicole M. LaVoi and Jens Omli 11 Sport career termination, 113 Albert J. Petitpas 12 Sport psychology in practice, 121 Mark B. Andersen Index, 133
Britton W. Brewer , Ph.D. is professor of psychology at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, where he served as head men's cross country coach from 1993 to 2001. He is a Certified Consultant, Association for Applied Sport Psychology, is listed in the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry, 2004-2008, and is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He has been awarded a series of grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in support of his research on psychological aspects of ACL rehabilitation.
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