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The Basics eBook Series

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  • Sport Psychology

    The Basics

    by David Tod ...
    Series series The Basics
    Sport Psychology: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental ideas at the heart of Sport Psychology today. This new revised and updated second edition examines the links between sport participants’ behaviours, their personality, and their environment to identify the factors which affect performance. Exploring theory and practice, it uses case studies to illustrate how key ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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  • Enhancing Performance: Mental Training for Coaches, Athletes, and Parents

    by Dan Yarmey ...
    This book describes the methods and mental skills necessary for optimal performance in individual and team sports. Forty brief chapters representing such topics as attention and concentration, goal-setting, imagery, mental preparation, and mental toughness are covered. The book will be of interest to coaches, college and club level athletes, high school players, and athletes' parents ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Help for Billy

    A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Children in the Classroom

    by Heather T. Forbes, LCSW ...
    "Help for Billy" is a pragmatic manual to help guide families and educators who are struggling with traumatized children. Based on the concept of the neuroscience of emotions and behavior, Heather Forbes provides detailed, comprehensive, and logical strategies for teachers and parents. This easy to read book, with tables, outlines and lists, clears the way for a better understanding of the true ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sport Psychology

    A complete introduction

    by John Perry ...
    Think about your favourite sport. Now ask yourself how much of success in that sport is down to physical skills and how much is down to mental skills?We all know that physical skills are vital for performance and understand about training them. We know that psychology is important too, but what people actually do to understand and train in it is less well known. Sport Psychology: A complete ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Sport and Exercise Psychology

    Practitioner Case Studies

    Edited by Stewart Cotterill, Neil Weston, Gavin Breslin ...
    Series series BPS Textbooks in Psychology
    SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGICAL"This book is a joy to read and greatly needed. The overall scholarly quality is very strong, and the chapters are clear, accessible, helpful and interesting - a rare combination. There are few texts that examine sport and exercise from a practitioner’s perspective, and fewer that help students and trainees navigate the complex terrain of practice. The editors ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • The Coaching Process

    A Practical Guide to Becoming an Effective Sports Coach

    by Lynn Kidman, Stephanie J. Hanrahan ...
    In this fresh and engaging introduction to sports coaching, Lynn Kidman and Stephanie Hanrahan guide students through the coaching process. Focusing on the practical aspects of sports coaching, the book helps students to develop their basic technical skills as well as strategies for working with individual and team athletes, and to plan and implement effective coaching sessions.The book develops ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

  • Sport Psychology: The Basics

    Optimising Human Performance

    by Rhonda Cohen ...
    This comprehensive and accessible resource can be used as textbook or a self-help book and is aimed at students, athletes, coaches, sport scientists or indeed any-one looking to enhance their performance, whatever their sport or activity.The psychological concepts may even be useful for those working in business. It covers the key topics in sport psychology, but also addresses current issues such ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Sport Psychology

    by Matt Jarvis ...
    Series series Routledge Modular Psychology
    Sport Psychology is an introductory account of the major psychological issues in sport today. Major theories and up-to-date research are covered in the areas of personality, attitudes to sport, aggression in sport, anxiety and stress, social influences, motivation, and skill acquisition. A wide variety of sporting examples are used, ranging from football to ballet. ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • A Practical Guide to Sports Psychology

    Play Stronger, Better, Happier

    by Arnold LeUnes ...
    Series series Practical Guide Series
    An INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE to optimizing your mind for sport. Sport Psychology is the study of the psychological factors that affect participation and performance in sports. It deals with increasing performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injury and poor performance. Some of the most important skills taught are goal setting, relaxation, visualization, self ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

    by Robert S. Weinberg, Daniel Gould ...
    Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Eighth Edition, is a leading textbook that offers a comprehensive view of sport and exercise psychology. It draws connections between research and practice, and it captures the excitement of the world of sport and exercise.Internationally respected authors Robert Weinberg and Daniel Gould have built a text that addresses emerging trends and remains ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD

  • Mental Toughness in Sport

    Developments in Theory and Research

    Edited by Daniel Gucciardi, Sandy Gordon ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science
    First published in 2011. The pursuit of excellence in sport depends on four key facets of performance, namely physical, technical, tactical and mental skills. However, when physical, technical and tactical skills are evenly matched, a common occurrence at elite level, it is the performer with greater levels of mental toughness that seems to prevail most often.This book brings together the world's ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • The Psychology of Performance

    by Stewart T. Cotterill ...
    Series series The Psychology of Everything
    Why is performing under pressure often so difficult? What strategies can help us deliver our best performance? How can we boost our self-confidence?The Psychology of Performance explores the key psychological factors that affect our ability to cope under pressure, whether it’s competing in a sport, appearing in front of an audience, or meeting a tight deadline. It looks at how we develop skills ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD