Full Description
The fourth edition of Psychology in Sports Coaching continues to clearly and accessibly introduce the principles and practice of sports psychology in the context of the coaching process. Drawing on the latest research and theory, this book provides the psychological tools and techniques that coaches can use to get the best performances out of their athletes. The most effective coaches understand the fundamentals of sports psychology, which include interacting effectively with athletes, creating the optimal environment, assessing the psychological needs of their athletes, and providing them with the mental training required to maximise performance.
This fully revised and updated edition provides information about embedding psychological principals within coaching practice. It includes five new chapters on psychological safety, coach mental health, how coaches can become more effective leaders, how coaches can give effective team talks, and coach behaviour. It also offers step-by-step guidance on key topics such as facilitating awareness through goal-setting and performance profiling; coaching specialist populations effectively; reducing favourable attitudes towards doping; developing effective coach-athlete relationships; reducing choking under pressure; mindfulness techniques; and mental imagery. Every chapter contains useful features to aid learning and understanding, including in-depth case studies, critical thinking questions, clear and concise summaries, and practice exam questions.
Psychology in Sports Coaching is essential for any student of sports coaching or practising coach looking to extend and develop their skills, and useful applied reading for students of sports psychology.
Contents
PART 1
Providing sport psychology training as a coach and mental health among athletes
1 Dos and don'ts for coaches who provide sport psychology to their athletes: ethics, referrals, and the HCPC
2 Mental health disorders and symptoms among athletes
PART 2
Facilitating awareness
3 Goal setting
4 Performance profiling
PART 3
Coaching different populations and providing psychological support to athletes with various needs
5 Coaching children
6 Coaching adolescents
7 Coaching adults
8 Coaching athletes with learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders
9 Providing psychological support to an injured athlete
PART 4
Relationships, support, and influence within coaching practice
10 The coach-athlete relationship
11 Understanding and building team cohesion
12 Socially supporting athletes effectively
13 Creating the optimal motivational climate
14 Promoting anti-doping attitudes among athletes
15 Developing athlete leaders
16 Psychological safety
17 Managing perfectionistic tendencies among athletes
PART 5
Mental skills training for athletes
18 Mental imagery
19 Coping effectiveness training
20 Generating challenge states
21 Mindfulness-based stress reduction training
22 Preventing choking under pressure in sport
PART 6
The coach
23 Coach mental health
24 How to be a more effective leader
25 How to give effective team speeches
26 Applying self-determination theory and research to enhance coaching practice
27 Maltreatment and abusive coaching practices
28 Trauma-informed coaching
