Understanding sport psychology is a good way of getting one steep closer into understanding the way that our body and mind create and foster your life experience. Building tools that will allow you to customize your own health and wellness roadmap.
If you want to understand sports psychology, it’s not a bad idea to take the approach of a student starting an introductory college course. The book "Sports Psychology - A Complete Introduction" is designed as an easy-to-read, plain English introduction to the field.
Complete with explanations of field experiments and summations of key findings, author Dr. John Perry from the University of Hull breaks down sports psychology in a book that students can use to teach themselves. This book may be the best way to learn a lot about sports psychology, but it definitely takes an approachable, yet academic route.
The book uses a structure that mirrors the way sports psychology is taught on many university courses, and is split into theory and application. Chapters in the first part include coverage of essential personality traits, including mental toughness, confidence, motivation and character. The chapters on applied sports psychology cover topics such as assessment, working with groups, skills training, coping techniques and working with coaches and children. There is also substantial coverage of measurement questionnaires, skills and routes to practice.
Sport Psychology employs the 'Breakthrough Method' to help you advance quickly at any subject, whether you're studying for an exam or just for your own interest. The Breakthrough Method is designed to overcome typical problems you'll face as learn new concepts and skills.
- Problem: "I find it difficult to remember what I've read."; Solution: this book includes end-of-chapter summaries and questions to test your understanding.
- Problem: "Lots of introductory books turn out to cover totally different topics than my course."; Solution: this book is written by a university lecturer who understands what students are expected to know.
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