Joanne Thatcher, Mel Day, Rachel Rahman

Sport and Exercise Psychology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive and accessible text on Exercise and Sport Psychology for students on sport science / sport and exercise science degrees.

Produktdetails

• Active Learning in Sport Series
• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781844458394
• ISBN-10: 1844458393
• Artikelnr.: 29380337

Autorenporträt

Joanne Thatcher is a lecturer at Aberystwyth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to sport and exercise psychology
Part 1: Exercise psychology
Physical inactivity: effects and determinants
Physical inactivity: the role of the self
Becoming active: models and motives
Changing and maintaining physical activity
Being active: negative effects
Being active: harmful effects
Part 2: Sport psychology
Training for competition: individual factors
Training for competition: social factors
Coping with competition pressure
Coping with adversity: injury and burnout
Achieving peak performance and excellence in competition
Putting it all together: applying sport psychology
Answers to Learning Actvities