TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholls,Adam R.
TI  - Psychology in sports coaching: theory and practice 
SN  - 9781032062600
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Coaching (Athletics)
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - sears
KW  - Sports
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1: Providing Psychological Training As A Coach And Mental Health Among Athletes  1. Do's 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: Identifying The Psychological Needs Of Athletes  3. Conducting Intake Interviews  4. Using Questionnaires to Assess the Needs of Athletes. Part 3: Facilitating Awareness Among Athletes  5. Goal Setting  6. Performance Profiling. Part 4: Coaching Different Populations And Providing Psychological Support To Athletes With Different Needs  7. Coaching Children  8. Coaching Adolescents  9. Coaching Adults  10. Coaching Athletes with Learning Disabilities  11. Providing Psychological Support to an Injured Athlete  12. Managing Perfectionistic Tendencies Among Athletes. Part 5: Relationships, Support, And Influence Within Coaching Practice  13. The Coach-Athlete Relationship  14. Understanding and Building Team Cohesion  15. Socially Supporting Athletes Effectively  16. Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation among Athletes  17. Creating the Optimal Motivational Climate  18. Applying Self-Determination Theory and Research to Enhance Coaching Practice  19. Reducing Favourable Attitudes and Susceptibility Towards Doping Among Athletes  20. Developing Formal Athlete Leaders and Shared Leadership within Teams. Part 6: Mental Skills Training For Athletes  21. Mental Imagery  22. Mental Toughness Training  23. Maximising Sport-Confidence  24. Coping Effectiveness Training  25. Enhancing Challenge States and Minimising Threat among Athletes  26. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training  27. Preventing Choking Under Pressure in Sport
N2  - The most effective coaches understand the fundamentals of sport 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. Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Psychology in Sports Coaching clearly and accessibly introduces the principles and practice of sport psychology in the context of the coaching process. Drawing on the very latest research and theory, the book introduces the psychological tools and techniques that coaches can use to get the best performances out of their athletes. Including three new chapters on the constraints approach to assessing psychological needs, mental imagery, managing perfectionism tendencies, and mentoring leaders, the book also offers step-by-step guidance on key topics such as: Assessing the needs of athletes Facilitating awareness through goal setting and performance profiling Coaching specialist populations effectively (e.g. children, adolescents, adults and athletes with learning disabilities) Reducing favourable attitudes towards doping Developing effective coach-athlete relationships Reducing choking under pressure Mindfulness techniques 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 reading for any student of sports coaching, or any practising coach looking to extend and develop their skills, and useful applied reading for students of sport psychology
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