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Performance Excellence: Stories of Success from the Real World of Sport and Exercise Psychology
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Performance Excellence: Stories of Success from the Real World of Sport and Exercise Psychology
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Overview
Over 60 stories of real-world examples provide poignant and compelling lessons and make the material come alive. These stories show the reader in an accessible and engaging way how to apply the sport and exercise psychology concepts outside the classroom. Ultimately, Performance Excellence serves as a wonderful resource for students, as well as for sport and exercise practitioners.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781538128909 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 02/14/2020 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 266 |
Sales rank: | 845,559 |
File size: | 4 MB |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Lauren S. Tashman, PhD, CMPC, is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), providing mental performance coaching, leadership advising, and team/organization consulting in sport, exercise, and non-sport performance settings in New York City and worldwide. She has consulted with a variety of sports, such as golf, softball, baseball, gymnastics, soccer, rowing, swimming and diving, tennis, basketball, and volleyball at a variety of levels including youth, collegiate, professional, and national/Olympic.
Tashman was previously an associate professor in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (SEPP) as well as Coordinator of the Master’s program in SEPP at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. She also served as the Coordinator of Sport Psychology Services, providing mental performance coaching to the Barry athletes, coaches, and teams as well as supervising the master’s students with their practicum experiences. She is the co-editor of two books: Becoming a Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Professional: A Global Perspective (2014) and Global Practices and Training in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (2016).
Selen Razon is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, College of Health Sciences at West Chester University. She is co-editor of the recently published Applied Exercise Psychology: The Challenging Journey from Motivation to Adherence. Razon’s research interests focus on exercise promotion in underserved populations and the effects of exercise on cognitions and affects.
Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter 1: Teams: Cohesion, Dynamics and Culture, and Leadership
Is A “C” Really Necessary? - Matthieu Boisvert & Todd Loughead
Never Satisfied - BernadetteCompton
UCLA Gymnastics Team Culture - Deborah Munch
On Being & Becoming Fearless Female Athletes - Ellen Staurowsky
Culture Eats Teambuilding for Breakfast - Lauren Tashman
Chapter 2: Pursuit of Goals: Motivation, Goal Setting, and Adherence
Journey Toward Becoming an Everyday Exerciser - Bradley Cardinal
The Gruppo Ciclistico - Jeff Cherubini
Perfect Pitch - John Heil
Star Spangled Sport - John Heil
Ask the Kids - Rick Howard
One Hour at a Time - Michael Sachs
Ringer - Michael Sachs
Valuing Physical Activity/Exercise - Michael Sachs
Chapter 3: Identity and Transitions: Exercise Identity, Athletic Identity, Transitions, and Self-awareness
Embracing Change - Bassey Akpan
How my Athletic Role Affected my Identity - Arna Erega
Who Am I After Everything is Said and Done? - Shaya Schaedler
Life After Sport - Alexandra Szarabajko
Hello Life: This is Swimming Joann, It’s Nice to Meet you - Joann Wakefield
The Split Dodge - Diana Wildermuth
The Value of a Sport Transition - Taylor Wise
Leaving Sport With a Spinal Cord Injury - Derek Zike and Monna Arvinen-Barrow
Chapter 4: Mental Training: Imagery, Attentional Focus and Control, Self-talk, Arousal Control and Energy Management, and Emotion Regulation
Trying to Take it One Pitch at a Time - William Brown
Act it ‘til you In-act it - Kevin Burke
“It’s not a Typo.” - Mark Cheney
Hurdle by Hurdle - Michael Clark
Controlling a Racing Mind While Racing the Mile - Emily Galvin
Imagining Success and Staying Positive: One Lap at a Time - Al Kornspan
See it to Believe it! - Dora Kurimay
Learning to Read Your Physiological Stress Gauge - William Land
Up and Down the Ladder: The Ebbs and Flows of a Champion Jockey - Karen Lo
Ride it Out: Stress and Anxiety Management Strategies on the Slopes - Michelle McAlarnen
A Tennis Journey - Nikola Milinkovic
Be the Best Carley - Deborah Munch
The Background Noise of the Overachieving Helicopter Parent - Kate Nolt
These are the Moments we Live for - Max Pollack
Make no Mistake: Your Thoughts Build Your Game - Meghan Ramick and Selen Razon
Be The Ball - Michael Sachs
Imagining the Power - Joann Wakefield
Pool of Tears: In The Water They Can’t see you cry - Joann Wakefield
Ranger Up - Cedric Williams and Matthew D. Powless
Chapter 5: Mindset: Confidence, Emotion, Mental Toughness, Anxiety/Stress/Pressure, and Staleness/Burnout
Pidä hauskaa - have fun! - Monna Arvinen-Barrow, Amanda Visek, and Amie Barrow
The Big Three - Arna Erega
The Extreme Stupor/крайний ступор - John Heil and Paul Sotor
To DNF or not to DNF, That is the Question … - Anna-Marie Jaeschke, Michael Sachs, Dolores Christensen, and Lauren Tashman
Down But Not Out - Lindsey Keenan
You Get to Choose - Jen Schumacher
Confidence: A mindset, not a feeling - Lauren Tashman
Teeing up for Success by Exploring and Shifting Mindset - Lauren Tashman
Chapter 6: Facing and Overcoming Challenges: Mental Toughness, Anxiety/Stress/Pressure, Staleness/Burnout, Resilience, and Rehabilitation from Injury
More than that, I was Never Just… - Megan Buning and Tiffany M. Kasdorf
Coping With Injury: Deep Breathing and Praying - Damien Clement & Monna Arvinen-Barrow
Grit at 335 Miles Per Hour: A Drag Racing Story of Guts, Resilience, Initiative, and Tenacity - Tami Eggleston
Failing Forward - Kerry Guest
Being There - John Heil
Psyche of the Injured Athlete - Laura Miele
Running to Cope or Running Away - How Much is Too Much? - Kate Nolt
Defying the Odds - Selen Razon
Do Not Quit! - Selen Razon and Meghan Ramick
Coming Back From Injury - Shaya Schaedler
Life Changes for Athletic Excellence - Tshepang Tshube, Karin Jeffery, & Stephanie Hanrahan
Unconventional Success through Injury - Taylor Wise
Resilience and Recovery After Bike Collision - Anna Weltman
The Dormouse: Recollections of a Lightweight Rower with Overtraining Syndrome - Lindsay Woodford
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix: Recommendations for Utilizing This Book in the Classroom
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors