 The
Sport Psych Handbook
By Shane Murphy, editor
Reviewed by Bill Cole, MS, MA
Shane Murphy was the Chief Sports Psychologist for the United
States Olympic Committee at the Olympic Training Center in
Colorado Springs, Colorado for seven years. I highly recommend
this book. It is well written, comprehensive, and edited by
a leader in the field. Shane Murphy is also a former president
of the division of sport and exercise psychology of the American
Psychological Association (APA) and is a fellow of the Association
for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP).
This 135-page book covers virtually every topic in sports
psychology:
- Inner drive
- Communication skills
- Slumps
- Goal-setting
- Training and performing skills
- Stress control
- Concentration
- Anger management
- Imagery
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Coaching
- The psychology of injuries
- Eating disorders and substance abuse
- Consumerism in sports psychology
- The training of sports psychologists
Other authors in this book are also top sports psychologists
and academic sports psychology researchers and writers. This
book can be purchased at Amazon.com.
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